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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MARAVEDI

From Spanish, from Arabic Murābitīn (plural of murābitmarabout), the Moorish dynasty in Córdoba, 1087–1147.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MARAVEDI

maravedi  [ˌmærəˈveɪdɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MARAVEDI

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maravedi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MARAVEDI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

maravedi

Spanish maravedí

The maravedí was the name of various Iberian coins of gold and then silver between the 11th and 14th centuries and the name of different Iberian accounting units between the 11th and 19th centuries.

Definition of maravedi in the English dictionary

The definition of maravedi in the dictionary is any of various Spanish coins of copper or gold.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MARAVEDI


Adie
ˈeɪdɪ
byrlady
bəˈleɪdɪ
cedi
ˈseɪdɪ
charlady
ˈtʃɑːˌleɪdɪ
fady
ˈfeɪdɪ
forelady
ˈfɔːˌleɪdɪ
glady
ˈɡleɪdɪ
lady
ˈleɪdɪ
landlady
ˈlændˌleɪdɪ
miladi
mɪˈleɪdɪ
milady
mɪˈleɪdɪ
saleslady
ˈseɪlzˌleɪdɪ
shady
ˈʃeɪdɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MARAVEDI

marari
marasca
marasca cherry
maraschino
maraschino cherry
marasmic
marasmoid
marasmus
Marat
Maratha
Marathi
marathon
marathon group
marathon runner
marathoner
marathoning
maraud
marauder
marauding

WORDS THAT END LIKE MARAVEDI

beedi
Bondi
budi
Burundi
garibaldi
Hindi
jedi
Lodi
Lombardi
Mahdi
mandi
midi
nidi
Pedi
Saudi
secondi
soldi
Verdi
Vivaldi
wadi

Synonyms and antonyms of maravedi in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maravedi» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MARAVEDI

Find out the translation of maravedi to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maravedi from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maravedi» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

maravedi
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

maravedí
570 millions of speakers

English

maravedi
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

maravedi
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

maravedi
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Maravedí
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Maravedi
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

maravedi
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maravedi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Maravedi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Maravedi
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

maravedi
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

maravedi
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maravedi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

maravedi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maravedi
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मारवेदी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Maravedi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

maravedi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Maravedi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Maravedí
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

maravedi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Maravedi
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maravedi
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Maravedi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Maravedi
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maravedi

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MARAVEDI»

The term «maravedi» is normally little used and occupies the 142.672 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MARAVEDI» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maravedi» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maravedi» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maravedi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MARAVEDI»

Discover the use of maravedi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maravedi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ciudad Real, 1500-1750: Growth, Crisis, and Readjustment in ...
Amount stamped on Quality Cost per folded sheet (pliego) front of each fold 1 8 reales, or 272 maravedi's 136 maravedi's 2 2 reales, or 68 maravedi's 34 maravedi's 3 1 real, or 34 maravedi's 17maravedis 4 20 maravedi's 10 maravedi's In ...
Carla Rahn Phillips, 1979
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The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896
1393 Florin of Aragon 21 maravedis viejos 19.420 Silver Real 3 maravedis viejos 2.775 Meaja vieja (ideal money)1∕60ofthe maravedi viejo 0.15 13941406 Florin of Aragon 22 maravedis viejos 20.350 Half, Quarter, Fifth, Inproportion Meaja ...
William Arthur Shaw, 1967
3
The Spanish Crown and the Defense of the Caribbean, ...
Currency Conversion: The first step in computation was to convert the various units of account and currency found in the treasury entries to their common base, the maravedi. Maravedis figures were subsequently converted into ducats (375 ...
Paul E. Hoffman, 1980
4
Jews, Medicine, and Medieval Society
In Murcia in the fourteenth century the Jewish doctor Abraham (Abrahim) agreed to work for a symbolic 300 maravedi; we know that Christian doctors were paid 1,000, 3,500, and 4,000 maravedi.74 In 1476 Jaime de Limiana, a famous ...
Joseph Shatzmiller, 1994
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Las Siete Partidas, Volume 3: The Medieval World of Law: ...
Where a delivery is ordered to be made to either of said parties, he who is ordered to make said delivery must pay to the Chancery one maravedi out of every hundred. When the king grants a pardon to a person who deserves corporal ...
Samuel Parsons Scott, Robert I. Burns, S.J., Alfonso X (King of Castile and Leon), 2001
6
Signs of Power in Habsburg Spain and the New World
The Castilian bimetallic monetary system consisted of the gold coin excelente or ducado, and later the escudo worth 375 maravedis, the silver real of 34 maravedi's, and blancas, small change coins made of a silver and copper alloy that were ...
Jason McCloskey, Ignacio López Alemany, 2013
7
Las Siete Partidas, Volume 3: The Medieval World of Law: ...
Where a delivery is ordered to be made to either of said parties, he who is ordered to make said delivery must pay to the Chancery one maravedi out of every hundred. When the king grants a pardon to a person who deserves corporal ...
Robert I. Burns, S.J., 2012
8
A Treatise on the Coins of the Realm, in a letter to the King
Le Blane observes, that in 1220, the Maravedi weighed 84 grains of Gold, equal in value to about 14 shillings of our present money; but he adds, that the weight of it was soon afterwards very much diminished. This Maravedi, though its value ...
Charles JENKINSON (Earl of Liverpool.), 1846
9
Nuevo diccionario, español e ingles e ingles y español: que ...
Maravedi, a Word used in reckoning of Money, and yet it signifies no particular Coin, nor has there been any Piece called a Maiavedi. They have been taken for several Values in several Ages. In the Year 1 4c I, it appears that a Maravedi was  ...
Pedro Pineda, 1740
10
The Middle Ages Revisited
The maravedi had filled the circulation in continually increasing proportions. Its low valuation in silver, 10 for r, proves that it had no standing in the law. As the common circulation of the maravedi in England may seem incredible to a certain  ...
A. Del Mar

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MARAVEDI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maravedi is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Court challenge to dodgy microlending
... I speak to you?" That was his reply to questions about Maravedi Credit Solutions, which was wholly owned by the JD Group until January. «Times LIVE, Oct 14»
2
Fourth Series of Numismatic Treasures from the Royal Spanish Mint
The 2012 coins selected for this fourth set are the gold Maravedi of Alphonso VIII of Castille (reigned 1158 – 1214), the Almohad Dinar, and an ... «Coin Update News, Aug 12»
3
'The Last Voyage of Columbus': An Epic Tale
Columbus received a royal reward of ten thousand Spanish maravedis (a maravedi being the modern-day equivalent of twelve pennies) for ... «NPR, Aug 05»

REFERENCE
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