metical
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese metical, from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”). Doublet of mithqal
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
metical (plural meticals or meticais)
- The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos.
- Alternative form of mithqal (“unit of weight”)
Anagrams[edit]
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic مِثْقَال (miṯqāl, “weight”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: me‧ti‧cal
Noun[edit]
metical m (plural meticais)
- metical (the currency of Mozambique)
References[edit]
- ^ “metical” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
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