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
21 April 2025
(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
