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ITALIAN LIRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Italian lira mean?
• ITALIAN LIRA (noun)
The noun ITALIAN LIRA has 1 sense:
1. formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi
Familiarity information: ITALIAN LIRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
Italian lira; lira
Hypernyms ("Italian lira" is a kind of...):
Italian monetary unit (monetary unit in Italy)
Meronyms (parts of "Italian lira"):
centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)
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