lira
Collocations
4ADJ.
germanic, rectangular, smaller, turkish
VERB + LIRA
invest
LIRA + NOUN
55-year-old, basel, chilean, cryptocurrencies, symbol
PREP.
about, in, with
Definitions
noun
The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro
noun
The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
noun
A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The first evidence of the Byzantine lira is in a Persian literary source of the ninth century.
WiktionarySome instruments comprise types which are found, more or less unchanged, also with various nations and periods (recorder, shawm), whereas others belong to smaller regions (byzantine lira, rectangular
WiktionaryBeing an approximate synonym of cithara, the word lyra is most often applied to the harp, but one also finds it interpreted as the Germanic lyre, Byzantine lira (equated in turn with the Arabic rebab)
WiktionaryGonzalo Lira, a 55-year-old Chilean American who was imprisoned in Ukraine after allegedly spreading Russian propaganda then violating his bail conditions, has died in a Ukrainian jail. […] Lira basel
WiktionaryThe former Italian currency was the lira and its symbol was "₤". It's not related to the Turkish lira.
Tatoeba · #706684In several European countries, the current currency is the Euro. Its symbol is €. One Euro is worth about two Turkish lira.
Tatoeba · #706689