Is the space of all probability measures a dual space

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Consider $(\Omega,\Sigma)$ a measurable space and let $P(\Sigma)$ denote the space of all probability measures on $(\Omega,\Sigma)$. I wonder if $P(\Sigma)$ can be identified with the dual space of some space $X$. If so, what is X?

It can be assumed that $\Omega$ is atmost countable.

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As I noted in the comments, the "space" of probability measures is not even a vector space (not even closed under multiplication with scalars). Therefore, it cannot be a dual space of anything.