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MARKKA (markkaa)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does markka mean? 

MARKKA (noun)
  The noun MARKKA has 1 sense:

1. formerly the basic unit of money in Finlandplay

  Familiarity information: MARKKA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARKKA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in Finland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Finnish mark; markka

Hypernyms ("markka" is a kind of...):

Finnish monetary unit (monetary unit in Finland)

Meronyms (parts of "markka"):

penni (100 pennia formerly equaled 1 markka in Finland)


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