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florins

florins is the plural of florin.

Meaning of florin

Noun

florin (plural florins)

  1. Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
  2. A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
    • [I]n 1646, during the phenomenon known as "Tulipomania", a tulip like the red and white 'Admirael van der Eijck', or the purple-splashed 'Generalen van Gouda' would sell for more than 1,000 Dutch florins, at a time when the average annual income of a skilled worker was about 300 florins.2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they...
  3. The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
  4. A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
  5. A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

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Questions about florins

What is florins the plural of?
Florins is the plural of florin.

Words near florins in the dictionary

  1. florimer
  2. florimers
  3. florin
  4. Florina
  5. Florinda
  6. florins
  7. floriographer
  8. floriographers
  9. floriographic
  10. floriographies
  11. floriography

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