Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A unit of currency in Papua New Guinea equal to 1/100 of the kina.
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- noun A unit of currency, equivalent to 1/100th of a Papua New Guinean
kina
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Perhaps Pidgin English, from English dollar.]
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