What does LIRA mean?

Definitions for LIRA
ˈlɪər ə; ˈlɪər eɪli·ra

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word LIRA.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. lira, Maltese liranoun

    the basic unit of money on Malta; equal to 100 cents

  2. lira, Turkish liranoun

    the basic unit of money in Turkey

  3. lira, Italian liranoun

    formerly the basic unit of money in Italy; equal to 100 centesimi

Wiktionary

  1. liranoun

    The basic unit of currency in Turkey.

  2. liranoun

    The currency of Lebanon (also pound), Syria (also pound), Jordan (also dinar), former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City, superseded by the euro.

  3. liranoun

    The former currency of Israel, superseded by the sheqel.

Wikipedia

  1. LIRA

    Rome–Ciampino International Airport "G. B. Pastine" (Italian: Aeroporto Internazionale di Roma–Ciampino "G. B. Pastine") (IATA: CIA, ICAO: LIRA), is the secondary international airport of Rome, the capital of Italy, after Rome-Fiumicino Airport "Leonardo da Vinci". It is a joint civilian, commercial and military airport situated 6.5 NM (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south southeast of central Rome, just outside the Greater Ring Road (Italian: Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA) the circular motorway around the city. The airport is an important hub for many low-cost carriers and general aviation traffic. It also hosts a military airport and the headquarters of the 31º Stormo and the 2nd Reparto Genio of the Italian Air Force. The airport is named after Giovan Battista Pastine, an Italian airship pilot who served in World War I.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Liranoun

    an Italian coin equivalent in value to the French franc

  2. Etymology: [It., fr. L. libra the Roman pound. Cf. Livre.]

Wikidata

  1. Lira

    Lira is the name of the monetary unit of a number of countries, as well as the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican City, all of which replaced it in 2002 with the euro, and of Israel, which replaced it with the old shekel in 1980. The term originates from the value of a Troy pound of high purity silver. The libra was the basis of the monetary system of the Roman Empire. When Europe resumed a monetary system, during the Carolingian Empire, the Roman system was adopted, the so-called £sd. Particularly this system was kept during the Middle Ages and Modern Age in England, France, and Italy. In each of these countries the libra was translated into local language: pound in England, livre in France, lira in Italy. The Venetian lira was one of the currencies in use in Italy and due to the economic power of the Venetian Republic a popular currency in the Eastern Mediterranean trade. During the 19th century, Egypt and the Ottoman Empire adopted the lira as their national currency, equivalent to 100 piasters or kuruş. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in years 1918-1922, many among the successor states kept the lira as their national currency. In some countries, such as Cyprus, which have belonged to both empires, the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire, the words lira and pound are used as equivalents.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Lira

    lē′ra, n. an Italian coin, worth a franc, and divisible into 100 centesimi:—pl. Lire (lē′rā). [It.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. lira

    An Italian coin. A silver coin of about tenpence sterling.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. LIRA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Lira is ranked #2447 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Lira surname appeared 14,758 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Lira.

    90.3% or 13,326 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    8.2% or 1,215 total occurrences were White.
    0.7% or 108 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.2% or 40 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.2% or 37 total occurrences were Black.
    0.2% or 32 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for LIRA »

  1. aril

  2. lair

  3. lari

  4. liar

  5. rail

  6. rial

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIRA in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of LIRA in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of LIRA in a Sentence

  1. Cristian Maggio:

    The inflation print yesterday was atrocious...and the worst part of the story is that this isn't the end of the up move part of the inflation cycle in Turkey, bad inflation translates into a negative lira reaction, which translates into faster inflation, and that becomes a self-reinforcing loop.

  2. Mehmet Turan:

    They were generally bringing Sultan, Love and Paradise parrots. Here in Turkey a Paradise parrot goes for 1,000 lira, but they were bringing them over for 500, it's the same for lovebirds. We were selling them at 25 lira retail, but they came from Syria at 12.5 to 15.

  3. William Jackson at Capital Economics:

    The political moves point in the direction that things are likely to get worse rather than better from here on. So the lira is more likely to fall than to rise, this is about Turkish politics - I don't think there are other countries where politicians will take their cue from developments in Turkey.

  4. Murat Toprak:

    Even if we put aside the Fed, we still have this political uncertainty and we are seeing an inertia in monetary policy, historically ... we have seen the central bank be a bit more active when the currency falls, but despite the record lows for the Turkish lira, the reaction of the central bank has been extremely limited.

  5. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

    As long as we don't take our own money as a benchmark, we are doomed to sink. The Turkish lira, our money, that is what we will go forward with. Not with foreign currency, we have been working for some time now to get the Turkish economy out of the spiral of high interest rates, high inflation, and to set it on the path of growth through investment, employment, production, exportation and current account surplus.

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