millieme

[ meel-yem, mee-yem ]

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.

Origin of millieme

1
1900–05; <French millième ≪ Latin millēsimus thousandth, equivalent to mille thousand + -ēsimus ordinal suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for millieme (1 of 2)

millieme

/ (miːlˈjɛm) /


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

Origin of millieme

1
from French millième thousandth

British Dictionary definitions for millième (2 of 2)

millième

/ (miːlˈjɛm) /


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

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