lira

li·ra  (lîr, lrä)

n. pl. li·re (lîr, lr) or li·ras Abbr. l.

1. See Table at currency.

2. The primary unit of currency in Italy, Malta, San Marino, and the Vatican City before the adoption of the euro.

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[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old Provençal liura, from Latin lbra, a unit of weight, pound.]

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lira

Noun

pl lire or liras

1. a former monetary unit of Italy

2. the standard monetary unit of Turkey [Italian, from Latin libra pound]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lira - the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents Maltese lira Maltese monetary unit - monetary unit on Malta
	2.	lira - the basic unit of money in Turkey     Turkish lira Turkish monetary unit - monetary unit in Turkey kurus, piaster, piastre - 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
	3.	lira - formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi Italian lira centesimo - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile Italian monetary unit - monetary unit in Italy

Translations

lira

n lira [ˈliərə]

1 the standard unit of money in Italy before euro. lire لَيْرَه лира lira lire die Lire λιρέτα lira liir لیره liira lire לִירָה लीरा lira líra lira líra lira リラ 리라(이탈리아의 화폐단위) lira lira lira lire lire lir lira liră лира líra lira lira lira เงินสกุลอิตาลี liret 里拉（意大利舊貨幣） ліра اٹلی کا معیاری سکہ đồng lia, đơn vị tiền tệ của Ý 里拉（意大利旧货币）

2 the standard unit of money in Turkey. ليره: وحدة نقدية تركيّه die Lire lira liir lire líra lira lista リラ lira lira лира poručík lira 里拉（土耳其貨幣） 里拉（土耳其货币）