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metallik

metallik noun: a unit of currency of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century; used in Crete during the Russian occupation.

Noun

metallik (plural metalliks)

  1. (historical) A unit of currency of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century; used in Crete during the Russian occupation.
    • the metallik, a base metal 1/4 piaster1908, Guide to Greece, the Archipelago, Constantinople, the Coasts of Asia Minor, Crete and Cyprus: With Thirteen Maps and Thirty-three Plans, page 178

Forms of metallik

pluralmetalliks

Origin of metallik

From Ottoman Turkish متالك (metelik, metalik), from French métallique.

Questions about metallik

What does metallik mean?
Metallik means a unit of currency of the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century; used in Crete during the Russian occupation.
What part of speech is metallik?
Metallik is a noun.
What is the plural of metallik?
The plural of metallik is metalliks.

Words near metallik in the dictionary

  1. metallified
  2. metallifies
  3. metalliform
  4. metallify
  5. metallifying
  6. metallik
  7. metallike
  8. metalliks
  9. metalline
  10. metalling
  11. metallings

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