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LIRA
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Irregular inflected form: lire
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi
Synonyms:
Italian lira; lira
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):
Italian monetary unit (monetary unit in Italy)
Meronyms (parts of "lira"):
centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The basic unit of money in Turkey
Synonyms:
lira; Turkish lira
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):
Turkish monetary unit (monetary unit in Turkey)
Meronyms (parts of "lira"):
kurus; piaster; piastre (100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
Synonyms:
lira; Maltese lira
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):
Maltese monetary unit (monetary unit on Malta)