denar

[den-ahr]

noun

plural

denari, denar 

1. the basic monetary unit of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

denar

/ ˈdiːnə /

noun

1. the standard monetary unit of Macedonia, divided into 100 deni

Word History and Origins

Origin of denar¹

From Macedonian, ultimately from Latin dēnārius; dinar ( def. ) denary

Example Sentences

Oh, who knows the pain Which rears up horse-like in a brave Etruscan heart When all things--all things--all things tend to poverty, And the horror of the Empty in the pocket dwells Where once the sesterce gaily by the denar rang!

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The Emperor Lotharius, had already shaken the golden Denar, out of his old servant Doda's hand; thus freeing her from the yoke of slavery; and as Audifax was of Franconian birth, Dame Hadwig had not acted according to the Allemannic laws.

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Its currency, the denar, is unofficially pegged to Europe’s single currency at 61 per euro.

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The third rank of the vanguard: The 'Berste Denar.'

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Next morning he came and looked, and he saw a gold denar in the bowl, and from that time onward every day the same thing occurred he gave milk to the serpent and found a gold denar.

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