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DIRHAM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils

Synonyms:

dirham; Kuwaiti dirham

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dirham" is a kind of...):

Kuwaiti monetary unit (monetary unit in Kuwait)

Meronyms (parts of "dirham"):

fils (a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar)

Holonyms ("dirham" is a part of...):

dinar; Kuwaiti dinar (the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils)

Sense 2

Meaning:

100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya

Synonyms:

dirham; Libyan dirham

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dirham" is a kind of...):

Libyan monetary unit (monetary unit in Libya)

Holonyms ("dirham" is a part of...):

dinar; Libyan dinar (the basic unit of money in Libya)

Sense 3

Meaning:

100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

Synonyms:

dirham; Tunisian dirham

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dirham" is a kind of...):

Tunisian monetary unit (monetary unit in Tunisia)

Meronyms (parts of "dirham"):

millime (1,000 millimes equal 1 dinar in Tunisia)

Holonyms ("dirham" is a part of...):

dinar; Tunisian dinar (the basic unit of money in Tunisia)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes

Synonyms:

dirham; Moroccan dirham

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("dirham" is a kind of...):

Moroccan monetary unit (monetary unit in Morocco)

Meronyms (parts of "dirham"):

centime (a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo)