- Papuan monetary unit
- nounmonetary unit in Papua New Guinea• Hypernyms: ↑monetary unit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Papuan monetary unit
Look at other dictionaries:
monetary unit — noun a unit of money • Hypernyms: ↑unit of measurement, ↑unit • Hyponyms: ↑dollar, ↑euro, ↑franc, ↑fractional monetary unit, ↑subunit, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
toea — noun 100 toea equal 1 kina in Papua New Guinea • Hypernyms: ↑Papuan monetary unit • Part Holonyms: ↑kina … Useful english dictionary
Indonesia — /in deuh nee zheuh, sheuh, zee euh, doh /, n. 1. See East Indies (def. 1). 2. Republic of. Formerly, Netherlands East Indies, Dutch East Indies. a republic in the Malay Archipelago consisting of 13,677 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi,… … Universalium
Papua New Guinea — an independent republic in the W Pacific Ocean, comprising the E part of New Guinea and numerous near lying islands, including the Bismarck Archipelago, the Admiralty Islands, the Trobriand Islands, and Bougainville and Buka in the Solomon… … Universalium
Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… … Universalium
Nauru — Nauruan, n., adj. /nah ooh rooh/, n. Republic of, an island republic in the Pacific, near the equator, W of the Gilbert Islands: administered by Australia before 1968. 8007; 81/4 sq. mi. (21 sq. km). Formerly, Pleasant Island. * * * Nauru… … Universalium
kina — [kē′nə] n. [Papuan, a crescent shaped piece of shell money] the basic monetary unit of Papua New Guinea: see the table of monetary units in the Reference Supplement … English World dictionary
kina — kina1 [ ki:nə] noun (plural same) the basic monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 100 toea. Origin from Papuan. kina2 [ ki:nə] noun (plural same) an edible sea urchin occurring on New Zealand coasts. [Evechinus chloroticus.] Origin from… … English new terms dictionary
kina — I. /ˈkinə / (say keenuh) noun a green coloured sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus, commonly eaten in New Zealand. {Maori} II. /ˈkinə / (say keenuh) noun 1. the principal monetary unit of PNG, divided into 100 toea. 2. a coin of this value. {Papuan} …
toea — [tō′ä] n. pl. toea [Papuan, a piece of shell money] a monetary unit of Papua New Guinea, equal to 1/ 100 of a kina … English World dictionary
