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Look up: Picayune

  1. Picayune
    Pic`a·yune' noun [ From the language of the Caribs.] A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit . [ Local, U.S.]
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/83

  2. Picayune
    • (n.) A small coin of the value of six and a quarter cents. See Fippenny bit.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  3. Picayune
    Picayune (pikuyOOn') , city (1990 pop. 10,633), Pearl River co., S Miss., near the Pearl River and the La. line; inc. 1904. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center for an agricultural area with cotton, corn, pecans, cattle, and dairying. Manufactures include elevators, chemicals, polyur...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A083893

  4. Picayune
    The picayune was a small American coin of six and a quarter cents value, current in the USA until 1857. The name was also applied to the Spanish half- real in Florida and Louisiana.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  5. Picayune
    A `picayune` was a Spanish coin, worth half a real. Its name derives from the French picaillon, which is itself from the Provençal picaioun, meaning "small coin." By extension, picayune can mean "trivial" or "of little value." Aside from being used in S...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picayune

  6. Picayune
    (Amtrak station) --> | pass_year=2010 | pass_percent=3.7 | opened= | rebuilt=2008 | ADA= | code=PIC | owned= | zone= | services= --> The `Picayune Amtrak Station`, located in Crescent--> passenger train. The street address is 200 South U.S. Route 11 in Louisiana|Highway 11, in the heart of do...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picayune

  7. Picayune
    (disambiguation) A `picayune` is an obsolete Spanish coin. As the coin was of little value, picayune also came to mean "trivial" or "of little value". `Picayune` may also refer to:
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picayune

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