LIRA (lire)

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Irregular inflected form: lire   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does lira mean? 

• LIRA (noun)
  The noun LIRA has 3 senses:

1. the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents

2. the basic unit of money in Turkey

3. formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

  Familiarity information: LIRA used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

lira; Maltese lira

Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):

Maltese monetary unit (monetary unit on Malta)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Turkey

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

lira; Turkish lira

Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):

Turkish monetary unit (monetary unit in Turkey)

Meronyms (parts of "lira"):

kurus; piaster; piastre (100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

Italian lira; lira

Hypernyms ("lira" is a kind of...):

Italian monetary unit (monetary unit in Italy)

Meronyms (parts of "lira"):

centesimo (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile)