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ouguiya

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /uːˈɡiːjə/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the basic unit of money in Mauritania

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Mauritanian monetary unit

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French ouguiya, from Arabic أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya), via Classical Syriac and Ancient Greek from Latin uncia (“ounce”). Doublet of ounce, inch, uncia, oka, and awqiyyah.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُوقِيَّة (ʔūqiyya) — currency
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏吉亞 /乌吉亚 (wūjíyà) — currency
  • Esperanto: uguijao — currency
  • Finnish: ouguiya — currency
  • French: ouguiya — currency
  • Greek: ουγκίγια (ougkígia) — currency
  • Japanese: ウギア (ugia) — currency
  • Korean: 우기야 (ugiya) — currency
  • Polish: ugija — currency
  • Portuguese: uguia — currency
  • Russian: у́гия (úgija) — currency
  • Spanish: uguiya — currency