denar
Americannoun
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denari,
plural
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denar
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of denar
From Macedonian, ultimately from Latin dēnārius; see origin at dinar ( def. ) denary
Example Sentences
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The silver fiorino of which the first mention occurs was equivalent to 12 denari, as in the Charlemagne system.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
The coppe are cups or vases; the spade are swords; the bastoni are veritable clubs or bludgeons; and the denari are coins.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 28, February, 1860 by Various
It had been an easy matter paying a few silver denari to a farmer and then helping with the loading and unloading of sacks of rice being delivered to the Monaldeschi.
From The Saracen: Land of the Infidel by Robert Shea
The "lira" of the first of these systems is derived from the "libra" of Charlemagne, and, like it, was divided into 20 soldi, each soldo being subdivided into 12 denari.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
The libbra of this silver, therefore, by Florentine Mint rate was valued at 20 lire 17 soldi 6 denari di piccioli.
From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by William Arthur Shaw
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