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DRACHMA

\dɹˈat͡ʃmə], \dɹˈat‍ʃmə], \d_ɹ_ˈa_tʃ_m_ə]\

Definitions of DRACHMA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A gold and silver coin of modern Greece worth 19.3 cents.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A silver coin among the Greeks, different in value in different states and at different periods, the average value of the Attic drachma being about 9 3/4d.; a weight among the Greeks of about 2 dwt. 7 grains troy.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

n. [Greek] Ancient Greek silver coin of the average value of 9d.;â€”an ancient Greek weight about 2 dwt. 7 grs. Troy.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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