lira — meaning in English

English meaning

• lira noun Turkey's basic unit of currency.
• lyre noun A small stringed instrument from ancient Greece, with two arms rising from a body to a crossbar, plucked like a harp.
• pound noun The main unit of currency in the United Kingdom, and a unit of weight equal to 16 ounces (about 454 grams).

Senses

lira is used for these senses in English:

• lira The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.
• lyre (string instrument) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
• pound A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.

lira — full definition

1. noun Turkey's basic unit of currency.
2. noun The former currency of Italy, before the country adopted the euro.

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