maravedi

[ mar-uh-vey-dee ]

/ ˌmær əˈveɪ di /

noun, plural mar·a·ve·dis.

a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.

a former minor copper coin of Spain, discontinued in 1848.

Nearby words

Origin of maravedi

1530–40; < Spanish maravedí, from Arabic Murābitīn the Almoravids; see marabout

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Examples from the Web for maravedi

Duc de Soria, your predecessor would neither cost you a regret nor rob you of a maravedi.
Letters of Two Brides|Honore de Balzac
A maravedi was then a little less than six cents of our currency.
The Life of Christopher Columbus from his own Letters and Journals|Edward Everett Hale
I have nothing to give you, and if I had a whole world I would not give a maravedi's worth to you.
The Firebrand|S. R. Crockett
The maravedi is a small copper coin, of the value of three mills in American money.
Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7|Charles H. Sylvester

I would not have given ten maravedi for my head when those children of the devil were pushing us against the wall.
The White Company|Arthur Conan Doyle

British Dictionary definitions for maravedi

maravedi

/ (ˌmærəˈveɪdɪ) /

noun plural -dis

any of various Spanish coins of copper or gold

Word Origin for maravedi

C15: from Spanish, from Arabic Murābitīn (plural of murābit marabout), the Moorish dynasty in Córdoba, 1087–1147

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