EGYPTIAN POUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptian pound mean? 

• EGYPTIAN POUND (noun)
  The noun EGYPTIAN POUND has 1 sense:

1. the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

  Familiarity information: EGYPTIAN POUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EGYPTIAN POUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Egyptian pound; pound

Hypernyms ("Egyptian pound" is a kind of...):

Egyptian monetary unit (monetary unit in Egypt)

Meronyms (parts of "Egyptian pound"):

piaster; piastre (a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria)