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petroyuan

petroyuan noun: money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.

Noun

petroyuan (plural petroyuan)

  1. (neologism, plural-normally) Money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.

Forms of petroyuan

pluralpetroyuan

Origin of petroyuan

From petro- + yuan, modelled on earlier petrodollar.

Questions about petroyuan

What does petroyuan mean?
Petroyuan means money (in Chinese yuan) earned from the sale of oil.
What part of speech is petroyuan?
Petroyuan is a noun.
What is the plural of petroyuan?
The plural of petroyuan is petroyuan.

Words near petroyuan in the dictionary

  1. Petrovsk
  2. petrovskaite
  3. Petrovsko
  4. Petrowski
  5. Petrowskis
  6. petroyuan
  7. Petrozavodsk
  8. Petroșani
  9. Petruccelli
  10. Petruccellis
  11. Petrucci

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