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di·nar

(dĭ-när′, dē′när′)

1. See Table at currency.

2. Any of several units of gold and silver currency formerly used in the Middle East.

[Arabic dīnār, from Late Greek dēnārion, from Latin dēnārius; see denarius.]

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dinar

(ˈdiːnɑː)

1. (Currencies) the standard monetary unit of the following countries or territories. Algeria: divided into 100 centimes. Bahrain: divided into 1000 fils. Iraq: divided into 1000 fils. Jordan: divided into 1000 fils. Kuwait: divided into 1000 fils. Libya: divided into 1000 dirhams. Serbia: divided into 100 paras (formerly the standard monetary unit of Yugoslavia). Sudan, Tunisia: divided into 1000 millimes. Abbreviation: Din, AbbreviationD or Abbreviationd

2. (Currencies) a monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates worth one tenth of a dirham

3. (Currencies) a coin, esp one of gold, formerly used in the Middle East

[C17: from Arabic, from Late Greek dēnarion, from Latin dēnārius denarius]

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di•nar

(dɪˈnɑr)

n.

1. the basic monetary unit of Algeria; of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait; of Libya; of Sudan; of Tunisia; and of Yugoslavia.

2. a monetary unit of Iran, equal to 1/100 of a rial.

3. a former gold coin of the Near East.

[1625–35; < Arabic, Persian dīnār < Late Greek dēnárion < Latin dēnārius denarius]

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Noun	1.	dinar - 100 dinars equal 1 rial in Iran Iranian dinar Iranian monetary unit - monetary unit in Iran Iranian rial, rial - the basic unit of money in Iran
	2.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Yugoslavia Yugoslavian dinar Yugoslavian monetary unit - monetary unit in Yugoslavia para - 100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
	3.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Tunisia Tunisian dinar Tunisian monetary unit - monetary unit in Tunisia Tunisian dirham, dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia
	4.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Libya Libyan dinar Libyan monetary unit - monetary unit in Libya Libyan dirham, dirham - 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya
	5.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Kuwait; equal 1,000 fils Kuwaiti dinar Kuwaiti monetary unit - monetary unit in Kuwait Kuwaiti dirham, dirham - worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils
	6.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Jordan; equal to 1,000 fils Jordanian dinar fils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar Jordanian monetary unit - monetary unit in Jordan
	7.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils Iraqi dinar fils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar Iraqi monetary unit - monetary unit in Iraq
	8.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Bahrain; equal to 1,000 fils Bahrain dinar Bahrainian monetary unit - monetary unit in Bahrain fils - a fractional monetary unit in Bahrain and Iraq and Jordan and Kuwait; equal to one thousandth of a dinar
	9.	dinar - the basic unit of money in Algeria Algerian dinar centime - a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo Algerian monetary unit - monetary unit in Algeria Algerian centime - 100 centimes equal 1 dinar in Algeria

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