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liras

liras is the plural of lira.

Meaning of lira

Noun (1)

lira (plural lire or lira or liras)

  1. The basic unit of currency in Turkey.
  2. The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar)
  3. The former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino, Cyprus and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro

Noun (2)

lira (plural lirot or liroth or liras)

  1. The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Noun (3)

lira

  1. A Ukrainian folk musical instrument similar to the hurdy-gurdy.

Noun (4)

lira (plural lirae)

  1. Any of a set of fine ridges on the shells of some molluscs

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Questions about liras

What is liras the plural of?
Liras is the plural of lira.

Words near liras in the dictionary

  1. lirah
  2. lirahs
  3. liranaftate
  4. Liranzo
  5. Liranzos
  6. liras
  7. lirate
  8. lirated
  9. liration
  10. lirations
  11. lirazza

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Adapted from Wiktionary: liras (page history and authors); lira (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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