belga
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of belga
1925–30; < French, Dutch < Latin Belga, singular of Belgae
Example Sentences
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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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So Belgium established the belga, worth five francs.
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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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With his job depending on his ability to keep the belga on gold, Premier Georges Theunis last week went to work.
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At the same time a new unit of currency, the belga, worth five Belgian francs, was adopted for dealings in foreign exchange, but in Belgium francs are still the currency.
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