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Look up: Lira

  1. Lira
    The lira is the currency of Italy and Turkey.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. lira
    [n] - the basic unit of money on Malta 2. [n] - the basic unit of money in Turkey 3. [n] - the basic unit of money in Italy
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. lira
    Former Italian currency unit, replaced in 2002 by the euro, the single currency of the European Union. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  4. Lira
    Li'ra (lē'rȧ) noun ; plural Lire (-ra). [ Italian , from Latin libra the Roman pound. Confer Livre .] An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/48

  5. lira
    Origin: It, fr. L. Libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre. ... An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. lira
    noun formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. lira
    noun the basic unit of money in Turkey
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. lira
    noun the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Lira
    (from libra, the ancient Roman pound) Silver coin, first struck in Venice in 1472. It was adopted later by other Italian states. The lira was the standard monetary unit of Italy from 1861 to the end of 2001.
    Found on http://www.austrian-mint.com/5

  10. Lira
    `Lira` is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta,San Marino and the Vatican City. The term originates from the value of a Troy pound (Latin `libra`) of high purity silver, and as such is a direct cognate of the British pound sterling; in some countries, such as Cyprus, the words `lira` and `pound` are used as equivalents. `L`, sometimes in a double-crossed script form (`₤`) or less...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lira

  11. Lira
    • (n.) An Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  12. Lira
    (from the article `Kálvos, Andréas Ioannídis`) Kálvos published 20 patriotic odes in two fascicles: Líra (`The Lyre`) at Geneva in 1824 and Néas Odás (`New Odes`) at Paris in 1826. He wrote of an ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/57

  13. Lira
    (from the article `Uganda`) ...Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony; at the beginning of the year, there were still more than one million people living in refugee camps. On ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/57

  14. lira
    the former monetary unit of Italy and the currency of modern Turkey and Malta.
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/57

  15. lira
    in music, a pear-shaped bowed instrument with three to five strings. Closely related to the medieval rebec and, like the rebec, a precursor of the ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/57

  16. lira
    1. the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents
    2. the basic unit of money in Turkey
    3. the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

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On 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was finally breached by jubilant Berliners , unifying a city that had been divided for over 30 years. The 28-mile (45 km) barrier dividing Germany's capital was built in 1961 to prevent East Berliners fleeing to the West, but as Communism in the Soviet Republic and Eastern Europe began to crumble, pressure mounted on the East German authorities to open the Berlin border. At midnight on 9th November East Germany's Communist rulers gave permission for gates along the Wall to be opened after hundreds of people converged on crossing points. They surged through cheering and shouting and were be met by jubilant West Berliners on the other side. read more

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