kurus, piaster, piastre
(noun) 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
piaster, piastre
(noun) a fractional monetary unit in Egypt and Lebanon and Sudan and Syria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
piastre (plural piastres)
(now historical) A Spanish or Spanish-American coin and unit of currency, originally worth eight real.
A form of currency originally used in the Ottoman Empire, and now used in the Middle Eastern countries of Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria.
• @ parties, Pirates, Prestia, airstep, eartips, parties, pastier, piaster, pirates, praties, rapiest, raspite, tapiser, traipse
Source: Wiktionary
Pi*as"tre, n.
Definition: See Piaster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
