Definitions for Lira

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Lira li·ra

Spelling: [leer-uh; Italian lee-r

IPA: /ˈlɪər ə; Italian ˈli rɑ/

Lira is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 37 anagrams from letters in Lira (ailr).

Definitions for Lira

noun

1. a coin and monetary unit of Italy until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 centesimi. Abbreviation: L., Lit.
2. a monetary unit of Malta, San Marino, and the Vatican City until the euro was adopted.
3. a silver, bronze, or chrome steel coin and monetary unit of Turkey, equal to 100 kurus; equal to 100 piasters before 1933; Turkish pound. Abbreviation: TL.

Origin of Lira

1610-20; Italian Old Provençal lieura Latin lībra pound

Examples for Lira

O'Mally handed him the exact amount, minus the lira for the button.

I get 400 Turkish lira ($198) a month and 300 of that goes on rent.

I paid a lira for a place to stretch my legs and, later on, slept.

I wanted a little to take with me, for my purse hasn't a lira in it; but, no!

It took him two days, and cost him several hundred lira for guides.

We all drank German beer obtained in the saloon at a lira a bottle.

lira did not feel the spell of night that had settled upon the rest of the world.

He is putting them into her basket and is taking out the lira.

Ismail Adin, another shop owner in Beyoglu, also said sales of alcohol were down, from about 5,000 lira a day to 2,000 lira.

And to her amazement, lira's brother held out the magic castanets.