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sicca

sicca noun: a great seal. Also the ellipsis of sicca rupee.

Noun

sicca (plural siccas)

  1. (India, archaic) A great seal.
    • Letter to Bajeerao Pundit, stamped with the sicca.1839 September 2, Charles Ovans, “Memorandum of Papers received from his Highness the Raja of Sattara”, in Papers Relating to the Commission of Inquiry Held at Sattara in October 1836, published...
    • They are in a more formal shape, bearing at the top the “sicca,” or great seal of state, which is only used on grants, treaties, and other documents of similar importance; […]1848 April 7, H. B. E. Frere, “Letter from H. B. E. Frere, Esquire, Resident at Sattara, to H. E. Goldsmid, Esquire […]”, in Papers Relating to the Question of the Disposal of the Sattara State in...

Also used as

sicca is also the ellipsis of sicca rupee.

Forms of sicca

pluralsiccas
alternative formsikkah

Origin of sicca

From Hindustani سکہ (sikka) / सिक्का (sikkā), from Classical Persian سکه (sikka), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka)

Words formed from sicca

Phrases with sicca

Questions about sicca

What does sicca mean?
Sicca means a great seal.
What part of speech is sicca?
Sicca is a noun.
What is the plural of sicca?
The plural of sicca is siccas.

Words near sicca in the dictionary

  1. sicario
  2. sicarios
  3. Sicarius
  4. Sicas
  5. sicc
  6. sicca
  7. sicca rupee
  8. sicca rupees
  9. sicca syndrome
  10. siccaneous
  11. Siccanie

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