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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 770 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIRA , the See also:

Italian name (See also:Lat. See also:libra, See also:pound) for a See also:silver See also:coin, the Italian unit of value in the Latin Monetary See also:Union, corresponding to the See also:French, Swiss and Belgian See also:franc (q.v.), and the drachma of See also:Greece, &c. The name is sometimes used of the See also:Turkish pound, See also:medjidie.

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