- A basic unit of currency in Turkey.
- The primary unit of currency in Italy, Malta, San Marino, and the Vatican City before the adoption of the euro.
[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old Provençal liura, from Latin lībra, a unit of weight, pound.]
lira
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li·ra (lîr'ə, lē'rä)  |
n., pl., li·re (lîr'ā, lē'rĕ), or li·ras. (Abbr. l.)
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Monetary unit of Italy, Turkey, Malta, and Vatican City.
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Term used for various string instruments: see
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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.
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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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For other uses, see Lira (disambiguation).
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Lira (Pound) is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City (replaced in 1999 with the euro). The term originates from the value of a Troy pound (Latin libra) of high purity silver, and as such is a direct translation 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.
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Current uses
Turkey
The Turkish lira was introduced in the mid 1870s. The New Turkish Lira, equivalent to 1,000,000 old lira, was issued on January 1, 2005. The "New" was dropped with the minting of currency after January 1, 2009. Turkish Lira is the currency of Turkey and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Lebanon
The Lebanese pound is called "lira" in local national language, Arabic.
Syria
The Syrian pound is called "lira" in national language of Syria, Arabic.
Jordan
A widely-used name of Jordanian dinar is lira.
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The Bulgarian language refers to the English pound as lira (or occasionally paund to reflect English phonology) in opposition to Croatian which refers to the Italian as liri and the English as funti (from German).
Former currencies
- Cyprus pound (called "lira" in local languages)
- Israeli lira
- Italian lira
- Italian East African lira
- Italian Somaliland lira
- Maltese lira
- Neapolitan lira
- Sammarinese lira
- Tripolitanian lira
- Vatican lira
- Pound (currency) cognate
- French livre cognate
- Turkish lira cognate
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| Translations: Lira |
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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