Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. See Table at currency.
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- n. The currency of Eritrea, divided into 100 cents.
Etymologies
Examples
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The Ethiopian government was also incensed when Eritrea renounced use of the Ethiopian birr last year, introducing its own nakfa.
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Ethiopian currency until November 1997 when Eritrea issued its own currency, the nakfa, at approximately the same rate as the birr, i.e.,
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Exchange rates: nakfa per US dollar = 9.5 (January 2000), 7.6
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Eritrea nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 13.788 (2004), 13.878 (2003),
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Exchange rates: nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 14 (2006), 14.5 (2005), 13.788 (2004),
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Eritrea nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 14 (2006), 14.5 (2005), 13.788
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Exchange rates: nakfa (ERN) per US dollar - 13.788 (2004), 13.878 (2003), 13.958
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I didn't, and I had never heard of the nakfa, the Eritrean
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Vietnamese dong (supply your own joke there), the Zambian kwacha (such a good name it's also used by Malawi) and the ever-popular Bhutanese ngultrum or Eritrean nakfa.
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The AFP news agency says Eritrea's government tried to stop sportsmen from fleeing in 2007 by forcing all travelling athletes to deposit 100,000 nakfa ($6,600) before leaving the country.
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