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inti

inti noun: the currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol.

Noun

inti (plural intis)

  1. (historical) The currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: INTI

INTI

  1. (colloquial, slang) INTI International University, a private university located at Kuala Lumpur.
    • Andrew studied at INTI for several years.
  2. (broadly, colloquial, slang) any of this university's associate branches elsewhere in Malaysia

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Inti

Inti

  1. The Inca God of the Sun

Forms of inti

pluralintis

Origin of inti

Named after the Inca sun god.

Clipping of INTI International University, in turn claimed to be borrowed from a Sanskrit word that means "essense"

From Quechua Inti.

Words that rhyme with inti

Questions about inti

What does inti mean?
Inti means the currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991, replacing the sol.
What part of speech is inti?
Inti can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of inti?
The plural of inti is intis.

Words near inti in the dictionary

  1. inthrowing
  2. inthrows
  3. inthrust
  4. inthrusting
  5. inthrusts
  6. inti
  7. Intibucá
  8. intice
  9. inticed
  10. intices
  11. intichiuma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inti (page history and authors); INTI (page history and authors); Inti (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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