Definitions
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- noun The
currency ofMauritania , divided into fivekhoums .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic unit of money in Mauritania
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Native word in Mauritania .]
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The association of money names with other weights is common: ouguiya (Mauritania) means
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Formerly divided into 5 khoums (the singular is khoums: the /s/ is part of the Arabic root for 'five').
etym.: ultimately from the same root as 'ounce'
July 8, 2008