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fanams

fanams is the plural of fanam.

Meaning of fanam

Noun

fanam (plural fanams)

  1. (historical) A former currency in southern India.
    • The Carwar factory chief replied that the effects had realized 13,146 rupees 1 fanam and 12 budgerooks; that Harvey had left a will dated the 8th April, 1708, and that therefore nothing had been paid to Mrs. Chown.1907, John Biddulph, The Pirates of Malabar, and An Englishwoman in India Two Hundred Years Ago

Questions about fanams

What is fanams the plural of?
Fanams is the plural of fanam.

Words near fanams in the dictionary

  1. fanal
  2. fanaloka
  3. fanalokas
  4. fanals
  5. fanam
  6. fanams
  7. fananserin
  8. fanapanel
  9. Fanara
  10. Fanaras
  11. fanarchist

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