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Definitions: Lira |
LiraNoun1. The basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents. 2. The basic unit of money in Turkey. 3. The basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "lira" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1908. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
LIRA | English | Lithospheric Investigation in the Ross Area | N/A |
LIRA | Italian | Studio della litosfera nella Regione di Ross | Environment |
| LIT | English | Italian lira | Finance |
| LIT | German | Italienische Lira | Finance |
| LIT | Portuguese | Lira italiana | Finance |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
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| Vittorio Emanuele II: 1 Italian lira 1863 | |
The Italian lira (plural lire) was the official unit of currency in Italy until January 1, 2002, when it was replaced by the euro, and it ceased to be legal tender on February 28 of that year. The conversion rate was 1936.27 lire to the Euro.
The Turkish currency, also called the lira, is often referred to as the "Turkish lira" outside Turkey, to avoid confusion with the better-known (former) Italian money.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lira."
Synonyms: LiraSynonyms: Italian lira (n), Maltese lira (n), Turkish lira (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Lira |
| English words defined with "lira": Italian lira ♦ kuru ♦ Lire ♦ Maltese lira ♦ piaster, piastre ♦ Soldo ♦ Turkish lira. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "lira": Delirium ♦ Livre. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Lira" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (Lyra), German (lira), Italian (lira, lyre), Latin (lyre), Portuguese (Lisbon, Lyra, lyrebird, shell), Serbo-Croatian (lira, lyra, lyre), Spanish (lira, Lyra, lyre), Swedish (play), Turkish (lira). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Skvorets i Lira (1973) Pan Dziad z lira (1972) Kalpiki lira (1955) Don Simón de Lira (1946) A Lira do Delírio (1978) | |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Total market size in 1999 amounted to approximately 2.5 billion lira, or $1.4 million. (references) | |
Despite the Lira devaluation against the USD in 1999, the level of expenditures of Italian tourists remained high. The U.S. is considered the dream destination by almost all-Italian travelers. (references) | ||
An additional 240 billion lira was appropriated by a law decree passed in July 1999. A plan outlining a series of interventions for a total cost of 80 billion lira has already been put into action. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Italy | At the time of this ruling, defamation suits pending against journalists and newspapers amounted to more than $1.5 billion (3 trillion lira). (references) |
Cyprus | The ruling reaffirmed the validity of property deeds issued prior to 1974. In July 1998, the ECHR ordered the Turkish Government to pay the woman approximately $915,000 (1.3 billion Turkish lira) in damages and costs. (references) | |
Economic History | Turkey | On February 22, 2001, the lira was allowed to float freely. (references) |
Human Rights | Uganda | There were no developments in the investigation into the May 2000 case in which prison wardens tortured four inmates and allegations from female prisoners that they had been tortured by prison authorities at Lira government prison in the north; however, the UHRC tribunal was scheduled to begin hearings on the case in March 2002. In March 800 inmates staged a protest at Mbale central prison to protest inadequate food and delays in the judicial review of their cases. (references) |
Political Economy | Turkey | The lira depreciated nearly 50 percent and the economy shrank by 8.5 percent by year's end. (references) |
TURKEY | Until February 22, 2001, the Turkish Lira (TL) was fixed in value to a basket of the U.S. dollar and the euro under a crawling exchange rate policy. (references) | |
Trade | Turkey | Foreign investors are free to convert and repatriate their Turkish lira profits. (references) |
Italy | In practice, samples valued in excess of lira 5 million (or about 2,500 USD) are practically impossible to clear through Italian customs informally, i.e. by the traveler. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | The basic monetary unit is the lira (plural: lire) and is usually indicated as L or Lit. (references) |
Worker Rights | San Marino | The legal minimum wage during the year was approximately $1,120 (2.35 million lira) per month, which affords a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Lira" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.03% of the time. "Lira" is used about 101 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.03% | 98 | 33,072 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.97% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 101 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "lira" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Lira | Last name | 4,000 | 3,308 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "lira": italian lira ♦ maltese lira ♦ turkish lira. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "lira": lira-dollar, lira-laden. | |
Ending with "lira": billion-lira. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
lira | 100 | lira conversion | 3 |
edgar lira | 25 | currency lira | 3 |
italian lira | 19 | financial lira | 3 |
turkish lira | 16 | buy house lira use | 3 |
pedro lira | 9 | accordion lira | 3 |
lira to dollar | 9 | conversion dollar lira | 2 |
lira exchange rate | 9 | maltese lira | 2 |
anos dos lira vinte | 6 | coin lira | 2 |
exchange lira rate turkish | 5 | lira miguel n | 2 |
lira liz | 5 | lira rodrigo | 2 |
fundicion hernan lira organigrama videla | 5 | lira exchange | 2 |
jessica lira | 4 | dollaro grafico lira storico | 2 |
james lira | 4 | lira musical | 2 |
euro lira | 4 | lira n roll | 2 |
italian lira exchange rate | 3 | lira paulistana | 2 |
cera de lapices lira | 3 | sandra lira | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "lira"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | lire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | lirë (cheap, cheaply, lyre, pound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الليرة وحدة النقد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 里拉 (Lire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | italská mìna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | LIT (Italian lira), ITL (Italian lira), Italienske lire (Italian lira). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | lire (lyre), lier (Lyra, lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | liro (lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lire. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | lira, Leier (hurdy gurdy, lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιταλική λιρέττα, ιταλική λιράτα, λίρα (pound, quid), τούρκικη λίρα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לירה (pound, quid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | líra (lire, lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | LIRA (lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 리라. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iralay alcaçuz (licorice root). (various references) lirã (lyre, nicker, pound, quid, shell). (various references) лира (lyre). (various references) lira (lyra, lyre). (various references) lira (Lyra, lyre). (various references) lyra (catch, lyre, throwh), lire. (various references) lira. (various references) ліра (barbiton, lyre). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | chelys, lyra. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "lira": liras. (additional references) | |
Words containing "lira": milliradian, milliradians. (additional references) | |
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"Lira" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alara, Aliran, clira, ilda, ilga, Ilja, ilr, Iluro, irra, ladra, lara, Larad, larah, larat, larj, laro, larq, Larra, larsa, larx, larz, Lecraw, leera, Leira, Leireag, lera, Leri, lero, lhire, lia, liara, liba, libram, libre, libro, libry, lica, lida, liere, Lierop, Lifa, liga, liila, liisa, lila, lina, Lipa, Lir, lirap, liret, Lirg, lirh, liri, Liria, lirio, lirj, lirk, lirn, liro, lirp, lirr, liru, lirue, liry, lisa, lisre, lita, Litag, lite, litra, liva, liwa, lixa, Llyfrau, lora, Lorag, lorax, Lorpa, lorq, lorra, lorz, loura, lra, lrac, Lrda, lru, lubra, lufa, lura, lurra, lurv, lwra, lyar, lyr, Lyrae, lyrata, lyrg, lyri, Lyrnan, nira, Olara. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "lira" (pronounced li"ru) |
| 4 | l i" r u | lire. |
| 3 | -i" r u | Madeira, sera. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aril, lair, lari, liar, rail, rial. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: ail, air, lar, ria. | |
-2 letters: ai, al, ar, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: argil, ariel, arils, brail, drail, filar, flair, frail, glair, grail, hilar, laari, laird, lairs, laris, liard, liars, libra, lidar, liras, pilar, rails, rials, rival, riyal, trail, trial, urial, viral. | |
+2 letters: aerial, aerily, airily, aldrin, aliner, archil, argali, argils, aridly, ariels, ariled, artily, aswirl, atrial, awhirl, bailer, bailor, brails, brasil, brazil, bridal, burial, carlin, caroli, chiral, citral, curial, derail, dialer, drails, eclair, fairly, ferial, flairs, foliar, frails, frazil, garlic, glaire, glairs, glairy, gloria, grails, hailer, irreal, jailer, jailor, lacier, lairds, laired, lakier, lariat, larine, latria, lazier, liards, librae, libras, lidars, linear, lizard, lorica, mailer, marlin, mitral, nailer, narial, oorali, palier, pillar, primal, racial, racily, radial, railed, railer, ramtil, ratlin, realia, redial, relaid, remail, renail, resail, retail, retial, rhinal, rialto, ribald, rictal, ritual, rivals, riyals, sailer, sailor, serail, serial, spiral, tailer, tailor, trails, trials, tribal, trinal, uracil, urials, urinal, wailer, warily. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 69 72 61 |
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