Dinar

created by Webster 1913
(thing) by tres equis (2.3 y) (print)   (I like it!) Fri Jan 21 2000 at 19:11:35

dinar (دينار)

A unit of currency of greatly varying value used mainly in various Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Tunisia.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:05:11

Di"nar (?), n. [Ar. dnar, from Gr. , fr. L. denarius. See Denier.]

1.

A petty money of accounts of Persia.

2.

An ancient gold coin of the East.

 

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