- A basic unit of currency in Turkey.
- 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.]
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[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
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.
The dress costs 5,000 lira in that Italian boutique.
Tutor's tip: Another way to spell "lira" is "lire".
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Lira is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, San Marino and the Vatican City. The term originates from the value of a Troy pound (Latin libra) of high purity silver, and as such is a direct cognate of the British pound sterling; in some countries, such as Cyprus, the words lira and pound are used as equivalents. L, sometimes in a double-crossed script form (₤) or less often single-crossed (£), is usually used as the symbol.
The Turkish Lira was introduced in the mid 1870s. The New Turkish Lira, equivalent to 1,000,000 old lira, is the current currency of Turkey, issued on January 1 2005.
The Maltese Lira, known in the Maltese language as the Lira Maltija, is the currency of Malta. It is sometimes referred to as a pound.
The Lebanese pound is called "lira" in local languages.
The Cyprus pound is called "lira" in local languages.
The Syrian pound is called "lira" in national language of Syria, Arabic.
A widely-used name of Jordanian dinar is lira.
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Français (French)
n. - (Mes) lire, devise italienne
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικον.) (ιταλική) λιρέτα
Português (Portuguese)
n. - lira (f), moeda (f) italiana
Русский (Russian)
лира (денежная единица Италии)
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (ital.) lira
中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
里拉
中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 里拉
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) الليرة, وحدة النقد في إيطاليا ولبنان وسوريا وتركيا
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - לירה (יחידת-כסף)
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