noun
julio
noun
1
A small silver coin once minted in Italy, first issued under Pope Julius II in the early 1500s.
"The museum case held a handful of julios worn smooth from centuries of handling."
"Historians use surviving julios to date trade routes across Renaissance Italy."
How to Use Julio
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old Italian coin from the 1500s, named after the pope who introduced it.
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You'll mainly meet this word in history books or coin-collecting contexts, not everyday speech.
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Etymology
From Italian giulio, named after Pope Julius II, who had the coin struck. A doublet of the name Julius.