lempiras

Variant of lempira

lempira definition

lem·pira (lem pir′ə)

noun pl. lempiras -·ras

the basic monetary unit of Honduras

Etymology: AmSp, after Lempira, native chief who resisted the Spaniards

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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