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li⋅ra

  [leer-uh; It. lee-rah]
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–noun, plural li⋅re  [leer-ey; It. lee-re] , li⋅ras.
1. a coin and monetary unit of Italy, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
2. a silver, bronze, or chrome steel coin and monetary unit of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus; equal to 100 piasters before 1933; Turkish pound. Abbreviation: TL.
Origin:
1610–20; < It < OPr lieura < L lībra pound
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li·ra   (lîr'ə, lē'rä)   
n.   pl. li·re (lîr'ā, lē'rě) 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.


[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old Provençal liura, from Latin lībra, a unit of weight, pound.]
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lira 
It. monetary unit, 1617, from It. lira, lit. "pound," from L. libra (see Libra).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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lira

the former monetary unit of Italy and the currency of modern Turkey and Malta

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