pataca

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Macau pataca (MOP)

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  1. noun See Table at currency.

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  1. Portuguese, from Arabic 'abū ṭāqa : 'abū, father of, possessing, bound form of 'ab, father; see אb in Semitic roots + ṭāqa, window (from ṭāqa, to be able, sustain; see ṭwq in Semitic roots).

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  1. Portuguese and Spanish (= Italian patacca, patacco, base coin, from French pataque), also augmentative Spanish patacon (= English patacoon = Italian pataccone), a coin so called.
 

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