nakfa
Americannoun
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nakfa,
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nakfas
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of nakfa
First recorded in 1995–20; named after the Eritrean town Nafka
Example Sentences
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Most are paid roughly four hundred nakfa, or thirty dollars, a month.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
In 2016, the government increased the monthly pay to between two and five thousand nakfa.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 4, 2016
Berhane outlined some new national service pay scales, including for graduates who would receive 4,000 nakfa a month instead of 1,400 nakfa.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2016
While the official rate of around 15 nakfa to the U.S. dollar has stayed fixed, the black market rate has plunged to about 20-25 from 50-55 before the new notes were circulated.
From Reuters ● Feb. 25, 2016
The national emblem is the camel that carried supplies to Nakfa; the country's new currency, introduced in November to replace the Ethiopian birr, is called the nakfa.
From Time Magazine Archive
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