ouguiya

Meaning

Noun

The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.

Origin

Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة, via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia ("ounce"). ounce, inch, uncia, and oka.

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