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scu⋅do

[skoo-doh]
–noun, plural -di [-dee] .
any of various gold or silver coins, of various Italian states, issued from the late 16th through the early 19th centuries.

Origin:
1635–45; < It < L scūtum shield
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scu·do   (skōō'dō)   
n.   pl. scu·di (-dē)
A monetary unit and coin formerly used in Italy and Sicily.

[Italian, shield, scudo, from Latin scūtum, shield; see skei- in Indo-European roots.]
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