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Akkadian
bīru - mile (a measure of length – over l0 kilometers – used for measuring long distances); 2. double hour (twelfth part of a full day); 3. twelfth part of the circle (30°)
(CAD B 208, AHw. 130)
Var. bēru.
No etymology can be suggested.