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  • noun The currency of Mozambique, divided into 100 centavos

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  • noun the basic unit of money in Mozambique; equal to 100 centavos

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Portuguese, from Arabic mitqāl, colloquial variant of miṯqāl, a unit of weight, from ṯaqula, to be heavy; see ṯql in Semitic roots.]

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  • plural is meticais

    June 16, 2009