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ryal

ryal is the alternative form of rial.

Meaning of rial

Noun

rial (plural rials)

  1. The official currencies of Iran, Oman, and Yemen.
    • That year [2012], Iran was cut off from the Swift global payment system. The rial devalued, inflation soared, investment declined and Iranians felt worse off—the same ailments that have helped ignite the past two weeks of protests.2026 January 13, Andrew England, “Iran's stuttering economy sows seeds of unrest”, in Financial Times, page 3
  2. A former currency of Morocco and Tunisia
  3. (historical) An old gold coin of England.

Proper noun capitalized: Ryal

Ryal

  1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.

Forms of ryal

pluralryals

Origin of ryal

From Old English ryge (“rye”) + hyll (“hill”).

Questions about ryal

What does ryal mean?
Ryal means a surname from Anglo-Norman.
What is ryal the alternative form of?
Ryal is the alternative form of rial.
What part of speech is ryal?
Ryal is a proper noun.

Words near ryal in the dictionary

  1. RXR
  2. RXRs
  3. RY
  4. Ry.
  5. rya
  6. ryal
  7. Ryall
  8. ryals
  9. Ryalses
  10. Ryan
  11. Ryana

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ryal (page history and authors); Ryal (page history and authors); rial (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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