belga

American

[bel-guh] / ˈbɛl gə /

noun

a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.

belga British

/ ˈbɛlɡə /

noun

a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs

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Etymology

Origin of belga

1925–30; < French, Dutch < Latin Belga, singular of Belgae

Example Sentences

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I know the Association of Belgian War Veterans has petitioned King Leopold to keep the belga on the gold standard and that people say he will.

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Thereupon, as a starter, the Cabinet fixed devaluation of the belga definitely at 28%.

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Later, if the belga is devalued, the Belgian Government will merely find it that much easier to repay the people from whom it borrowed.

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Belgian shopkeepers, keen exchange watchers, raised prices this week almost as fast as the belga fell.

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Overnight King Albert, by royal decree, proclaimed the creation of a new monetary unit, the belga, worth exactly five Belgian paper francs and exactly .209211 grams of gold.

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