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cauri

American  
[kou-ree] / ˈkaʊ ri /

noun

  1. a monetary unit of Guinea, one 100th of a syli.


Etymology

Origin of cauri

First recorded in 1970–75; from French cauris, cauri “cowrie,” from Tamil; see origin at cowrie ( def. )

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