cordoba

¹ American  

[kawr-duh-buh, -vuh, kawr-thaw-bah] / ˈkɔr də bə, -və, ˈkɔr ðɔ βɑ /

noun

plural

cordobas

1. a silver coin and monetary unit of Nicaragua, equal to 100 centavos.

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Córdoba ² American  

[kawr-duh-buh, -vuh, kawr-thaw-bah] / ˈkɔr də bə, -və, ˈkɔr ðɔ βɑ /

noun

1. Also Cordoba, a city in southern Spain on the Guadalquivir River: the capital of Spain under Moorish rule.

2. a city in central Argentina.

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Córdoba ¹ British  

/ ˈkɔrðoβa /

noun

1. a city in central Argentina: university (1613). Pop: 1 592 000 (2005 est)

2. English name: Cordova.  a city in S Spain, on the Guadalquivir River: centre of Moorish Spain (711–1236). Pop: 318 628 (2003 est)

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Córdoba ² British  

/ ˈkɔrðoβa /

noun

1. Francisco Fernández de (franˈθisko fɛrˈnandɛθ de). died 1518, Spanish soldier and explorer, who discovered Yucatán

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córdoba ³ British  

/ ˈkɔːdəbə /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Nicaragua, divided into 100 centavos

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Etymology

Origin of córdoba

named in honour of Francisco Fernández de _Córdoba ²

Example Sentences

The government replaced the existing currency, the cordoba, which was officially valued at 20,000 to the U.S. dollar, with a new cordoba pegged at ten to the dollar.

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Since the War, U. S. financial physicians have gone to the far corners of the earth to stabilize the peso, sucre, zloty, pengo, gourde, piaster, cordoba.

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The national currency, the cordoba, is virtually useless; some merchants just price their goods in dollars.

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When the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro officially devalued the cordoba last week to a stratospheric 25 million to the dollar, most Nicaraguans were simply glad the waiting was over.

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In January, with inflation running at nearly 1,500%, the cordoba was pegged at a rate of 10 for each U.S. dollar; today the rate is 1,600 to $1.

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