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piastre

UK/piˈæstə/ US/piˈæstɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria

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2.

100 kurus equal 1 lira

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Origin

From French piastre, from Italian piastra (“plate of wood or metal; coin”), probably from Latin emplastra.

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