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scudo

scudo noun: a silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.

Noun

scudo (plural scudos or scudoes or scudi)

  1. (historical) A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
    • And this was the salvation of his house, for several large chunks of plaster cracked off and inside he discovered a pot full of golden scudos.2007, Giambattista Basile, translated by Nancy L. Canepa, Tale of Tales, Penguin, page 46
  2. A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
  3. (historical) A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.

Forms of scudo

pluralscudos
pluralscudoes
pluralscudi

Origin of scudo

Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.

Questions about scudo

What does scudo mean?
Scudo means a silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
What part of speech is scudo?
Scudo is a noun.
What is the plural of scudo?
The plural of scudo is scudos.

Words near scudo in the dictionary

  1. Scuderis
  2. scudetto
  3. scudi
  4. scudler
  5. scudlers
  6. scudo
  7. scudoes
  8. scudos
  9. scuds
  10. scuff
  11. scuff mark

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