n., pl. li·re (lîr'ā, lē'rĕ) or li·ras. (Abbr. l.)

1. A basic unit of currency in Turkey.
2. The primary unit of currency in Italy, San Marino, and Vatican City before the adoption of the euro.

[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old Provençal liura, from Latin lībra, a unit of weight, pound.]

Monetary unit of Italy, Turkey, Malta, and Vatican City.

Term used for various string instruments: see Lira da braccio; lira organizzata; lirone (or lira da gamba); and Lyra. It also applied to the hurdy-gurdy and is still used for a hurdy-gurdy with three or four strings and four to 13 keys used in the Ukraine, Belorussia and Poland.

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Ottoman monetary unit. The lira, or pound, was named after an Italian silver coin, and was the currency used in the Ottoman empire. Modern Turkey, Syria, and Lebanon continue to use the lira as their national currencies.

Lira

Is the currency for: Italy , Malta , Turkey

IN BRIEF: The basic unit of money in Italy.

The dress costs 5,000 lira in that Italian boutique.

Tutor's tip: Another way to spell "lira" is "lire".

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lire

Nederlands (Dutch)
lire, lira

Français (French)
n. - (Mes) lire, devise italienne

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lira

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) (ιταλική) λιρέτα

Italiano (Italian)
lira

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lira (f), moeda (f) italiana

Русский (Russian)
лира (денежная единица Италии)

Español (Spanish)
n. - lira

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (ital.) lira

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
里拉

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 里拉

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이탈리아의 화폐단위

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - リラ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الليرة, وحدة النقد في إيطاليا ولبنان وسوريا وتركيا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לירה (יחידת-כסף)‬

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