Lira Definition

lîrə, lērä
liras, lire
noun
liras, lire
The former basic monetary unit of:
Webster's New World
The basic monetary unit of Turkey.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Lira

Noun

Singular:
lira
Plural:
lire

Origin of Lira

  • Italian from Old Italian from Old Provençal liura from Latin lībra a unit of weight, pound

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Italian lira.

    From Wiktionary

Lira Sentence Examples

  • The minimum annual premium is six lire for an annuity of one lira per day at the age of sixty, and insurance against sickness.

  • This is a simple harmonic wave-line, whose mean distance from the axis is a, whose wave-length is lira, and whose amplitude is c. The internal pressure corresponding to this unduloid is as before p = T/a.

  • In a step inconceivable two generations ago, the mark, franc, and lira have been replaced by the euro.

  • That would mean I would have to pay 35,000,000 lira to buy my ELP CD.

  • Major political parties in Italy are now talking openly about having the lira back as a parallel currency to the euro.

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Words Starting With

LLILIR

Words Ending With

ARAIRA

Unscrambles

lira

Words Starting With L and Ending With A

Starts With L & Ends With AStarts With LI & Ends With AStarts With L & Ends With RA

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With L4 Letter Words Ending With A