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Rupee vs Rupia - What's the difference?

rupee | rupia |

As nouns the difference between rupee and rupia

is that rupee is the common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, or Mauritius while rupia is formerly the currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.

rupee

English

(wikipedia rupee)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The common name for the monetary currencies used in modern India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Seychelles, or Mauritius.
  • A silver coin, circulating in India 16th–20th centuries, weighing 170–180 troy grains (180 troy grains from 1833) or one tola.

    • Related terms

    * rupiah * rufiyah

    References

    Platts, John T. (1884), A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English , London: W. H. Allen & Co., pp. 586, 604.

    Anagrams

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    rupia

    English

    (wikipedia rupia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Formerly the currencies of Italian Somaliland and Portuguese India.
  • (pathology) An ulcer due to syphilis.

    • See also

    * rupee * rupiah

    Derived terms

    * rupial ----