Dinar

noun

noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The official currency of several countries, including Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Serbia, Tunisia and (as denar) North Macedonia.

    "Standing near Joseph, carrying a bag of taboon flatbreads, was Olivier, from Ivory Coast. He arrived a year ago and has been trying to save the 3,000 dinars (£780) he said it would cost to make the trip to Europe."

  2. 2
    the basic unit of money in Algeria wordnet
  3. 3
    An ancient Arab gold coin of 65 grains in weight. historical
  4. 4
    the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils wordnet
  5. 5
    the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils wordnet
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  1. 6
    the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils wordnet
  2. 7
    the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils wordnet
  3. 8
    the basic unit of money in Libya wordnet
  4. 9
    the basic unit of money in Tunisia wordnet
  5. 10
    the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia wordnet
  6. 11
    100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran wordnet

Synonyms

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algerian dinaralgerian dinarbahrain dinarbahrain dinariranian dinariranian dinar

Example

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"The Algerian dinar is Algeria's currency."

Etymology

From Arabic دِينَار (dīnār) and Serbo-Croatian динар (also from Arabic), derived from the Latin dēnārius. Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, diner, dinero, and dinheiro.

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