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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Italian
Origin: Latin libra, a unit of weight

lira

 noun
     
Related topics: Currencies
lir‧a plural lire or liras [countable]
PEC the standard unit of money in Malta and Turkey, and used in Italy before the euro
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