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SUCRE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sucre mean? 

SUCRE (noun)
  The noun SUCRE has 2 senses:

1. the basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavosplay

2. the judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Boliviaplay

  Familiarity information: SUCRE used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SUCRE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

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

Ecuadoran monetary unit (monetary unit in Ecuador)

Meronyms (parts of "sucre"):

centavo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal)


Sense 2

Meaning:

The judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Sucre" is a part of...):

Bolivia; Republic of Bolivia (a landlocked republic in central South America; Simon Bolivar founded Bolivia in 1825 after winning independence from Spain)


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