- the standard monetary unit of the following countries or territories. Algeria: divided into 100 centimes. Bahrain: divided into 1000 fils. Iraq: divided into 1000 fils. Jordan: divided into 1000 fils. Kuwait: divided into 1000 fils. Libya: divided into 1000 dirhams. Serbia: divided into 100 paras (formerly the standard monetary unit of Yugoslavia). Sudan, Tunisia: divided into 1000 millimes
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di•nar
(di när′),USA pronunciation n.
- Currencyany of various former coins of the Near East, esp. gold coins issued by Islamic governments.
- Currencya money of account of Iran, the 100th part of a rial.
- Currencyan aluminum coin and monetary unit of Yugoslavia, equal to 100 paras. Abbr.: Din.
- Currencya paper money, silver or nickel coin, and monetary unit of Iraq, equal to 1000 fils or 20 dirhams. Abbr.: ID.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Jordan, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: JD.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Kuwait, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 fils. Abbr.: KD.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Tunisia, equal to 10 dirhams or 1000 millimes.
- Currencya paper money, cupronickel coin, and monetary unit of Algeria, equal to 100 centimes. Abbr.: DA.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Bahrain, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: BD.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of Libya, equal to 1000 dirham: replaced the pound in 1971. Abbr.: LD.
- Currencya paper money and monetary unit of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, equal to 1000 fils. Abbr.: YD.
- Latin dēnārius a ten-as coin; see denary
- Late Greek dēnárion
- Arabic, Persian dīnār
- 1625–35
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dinar /ˈdiːnɑː/ n
'dinar' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Algeria
- Bahrain
- d.
- dirham
- Iraq
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Libya
- Serbia
- Sudan
- Tunisia
- attitudinarian
- BD.
- centime
- da
- din
- Dinaric Alps
- extraordinary
- fils
- id
- JD
- KD
- latitudinarian
- LD
- millime
- ordinary
- para
- quasi-ordinary
- unextraordinary
- unordinary
- YD.
- superordinary