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rupee (n.)
Indian coin, the standard unit of value, 1610s, from Hindi or Urdu rupiyah, from Sanskrit rupyah "wrought silver," perhaps originally "something provided with an image, a coin," from rupah "shape, likeness, image."
updated on October 24, 2021
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Dictionary entries near rupee
run-through
run-time
run-up
runway
Runyonesque
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Rupert
rupture
rural
rurban
Ruritanian