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patacas

patacas is the plural of pataca.

Meaning of pataca

Noun

pataca (plural patacas)

  1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
    • The second bridge between Macao and Iiha^([sic – meaning Ilha]) da Taipa, which is estimated to have a construction cost of 400 million patacas, will provide a four-lane traffic flow as well as a direct connection with Chu-hai City.1989 December 6 [1989 October 16], Ta-hung Li, quoting Carlos Melancia, “Exclusive Interview With Governor Carlos Melancia”, in JPRS Report China, number 89-115, Joint Publications Research Service...
  2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
  3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Questions about patacas

What is patacas the plural of?
Patacas is the plural of pataca.

Words near patacas in the dictionary

  1. pata
  2. Pata East
  3. Pata West
  4. pataca
  5. patacake
  6. patacas
  7. patach
  8. patache
  9. pataches
  10. patacoon
  11. patacoons

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