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• millieme
  millieme

  noun

  a cupronickel coin of Egypt and Sudan, the 1000th part of a pound or the 10th part of a piaster.
• millième
  millième

  noun

  an Egyptian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a lira

millieme

American  

[meel-yem, mee-yem] / milˈjɛm, miˈjɛm /

noun

1. a cupronickel coin of Egypt and Sudan, the 1000th part of a pound or the 10th part of a piaster.

2. a former coin and monetary unit of Libya, the 1000th part of a pound: replaced by the dirham.

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millieme ¹ British  

/ miːlˈjɛm /

noun

1. Also called: millime.  a Tunisian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a dinar

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millième ² British  

/ miːlˈjɛm /

noun

1. an Egyptian monetary unit worth one thousandth of a lira

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Etymology

Origin of millieme

1900–05; < French millième ≪ Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix

Example Sentences

Officially the � piastre is known as 5 milliemes, and so with the coins of lower denomination, the para being � millieme.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various