pataca

Meaning

Noun

  • The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
  • A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin.
  • A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Origin

  • From Portuguese pataca.

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