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- noun Plural form of
paisa .
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Examples
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This is a justifiable source of pride for the people of Medellin, known as "paisas", as not even the capital Bogota can boast an equivalent public transport network.
SFluxe 2009
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In the kham scheme of computation 10 dinars equaled 1 paisa, 5 paisas equaled 1 shahi, 10 shahis equaled 1 rupee, 20 rupees equaled 1 toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Gregorian, p. 402, divides the Kabuli rupee as follows for the nineteenth century: 10 dinars to 1 paisa; 5 paisas to 1 copper shahi; 2 shahis to 1 silver sannar or sadinar or misqali; 2 sannar to 1 abbasi or tanga; 1.5 abbasi to 1 kran (qiran); 2 krans to 1 rupee; 2/5 rupees to 1 nim sanad; 5 rupees to one sanad; 20 rupees to 1 toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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He indicates 1 Kabuli rupee was composed of either 60 paisas, 12 copper shahis, 3 silver abbasis, or 6 silver sanars, and that 20 rupees made one toman.
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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Breakfast finds huevos paisas (scrambled eggs with chorizo and a corn cheese pie), a
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Este emblemático desfile cumple 15 años de realizarse y año tras año lo hace con mucho más éxito, durante el recorrido podremos deleitar nuestra vista viendo los hermosos y vistosos carros que paseaban nuestra calles paisas hace mucho tiempo y que ahora nos acompañan en tan magno evento.
Global Voices in English Lully Posada 2010
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Breakfast finds huevos paisas (scrambled eggs with chorizo and a corn cheese pie), a
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Geography and Basque ancestry have isolated these people, who call themselves paisas, countrymen.
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Breakfast finds huevos paisas (scrambled eggs with chorizo and a corn cheese pie), a
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Breakfast finds huevos paisas (scrambled eggs with chorizo and a corn cheese pie), a
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