pound sterling

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• UK: /paʊnd ˈstɜː(ɹ).lɪŋ/
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The basic unit of currency in medieval England was the silver penny or sterling, weighing 1⁄240 of a tower pound. 240 of these coins made a "pound of sterlings". This term (shortened to "pound sterling" in later usage) continued to be used for a sum of 240 pence even after the sterling had ceased to circulate. The modern pound sterling is equivalent to 100 new pence.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sprovuar funt — currency of the UK
• Arabic: جُنَيْه (junayh) — currency of the UK
• Arabic: جُنَيْه إِسْتَرْلِينِيّ (junayh ʔistarlīniyy) — currency of the UK
• Armenian: ֆունտ ստեռլինգ (funt steṙling) — currency of the UK
• Asturian: llibra esterlina — currency of the UK
• Azerbaijani: funt sterlinq — currency of the UK
• Belarusian: фунт стэ́рлінгаў (funt stérlinhaw) — currency of the UK
• Bulgarian: брита́нска ли́ра (británska líra) — currency of the UK
• Chinese Mandarin: 英鎊 /英镑 (Yīngbàng) — currency of the UK
• Ngazidja Comorian: pauni — currency of the UK
• Czech: libra — currency of the UK
• Czech: britská libra — currency of the UK
• Czech: libra šterlinků — currency of the UK
• Danish: britiske pund — currency of the UK
• Danish: pund — currency of the UK
• Dutch: pond sterling — currency of the UK
• Dutch: pond — currency of the UK
• Estonian: naelsterling — currency of the UK
• Faroese: pund — currency of the UK
• Finnish: punta — currency of the UK
• Finnish: Englannin punta — currency of the UK
• French: livre sterling — currency of the UK
• Galician: libra esterlina — currency of the UK
• Georgian: გირვანქა სტერლინგი (girvanka sṭerlingi) — currency of the UK
• German: Pfund Sterling — currency of the UK
• German: Pfund — currency of the UK
• Greek: λίρα στερλίνα (líra sterlína) — currency of the UK
• Hebrew: לירה שטרלינג — currency of the UK
• Hindi: पाउंड स्टर्लिंग (pāuṇḍ sṭarliṅg) — currency of the UK
• Hindi: पाउंड (pāuṇḍ) — currency of the UK
• Hungarian: font sterling — currency of the UK
• Icelandic: breskt pund — currency of the UK
• Icelandic: pund — currency of the UK
• Indonesian: paun — currency of the UK
• Irish: punt steirling — currency of the UK
• Italian: lira sterlina — currency of the UK
• Japanese: ポンド (pondo) — currency of the UK
• Korean: 파운드 (paundeu) — currency of the UK
• Northern Kurdish: sterlîn — currency of the UK
• Latvian: sterliņu mārciņa — currency of the UK
• Lithuanian: svaras sterlingų — currency of the UK
• Macedonian: британска фунта (britanska funta) — currency of the UK
• Manx: punt Sostynagh — currency of the UK
• Mongolian: фунт стерлинг — currency of the UK
• Norwegian Bokmål: britisk pund — currency of the UK
• Norwegian Bokmål: pund — currency of the UK
• Persian: پوند استرلینگ — currency of the UK
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: pownd sturleng — currency of the UK
• Polish: funt — currency of the UK
• Polish: funt sterling — currency of the UK
• Polish: funt szterling — currency of the UK
• Polish: sterling — currency of the UK
• Polish: szterling — currency of the UK
• Portuguese: libra esterlina — currency of the UK
• Romanian: liră sterlină — currency of the UK
• Russian: фунт сте́рлингов (funt stérlingov) — currency of the UK
• Russian: фунт (funt) — currency of the UK
• Scottish Gaelic: punnd sasannach — currency of the UK
• Serbo-Croatian: британска фунта — currency of the UK
• Serbo-Croatian: britanska funta — currency of the UK
• Slovak: libra — currency of the UK
• Slovak: britská libra — currency of the UK
• Slovak: libra šterlingov — currency of the UK
• Slovene: funt šterling — currency of the UK
• Spanish: libra esterlina — currency of the UK
• Swedish: pund — currency of the UK
• Thai: ปอนด์ (bpon) — currency of the UK
• Turkish: İngiliz sterlini — currency of the UK
• Ukrainian: фунт сте́рлінгів (funt stérlinhiv) — currency of the UK
• Uzbek: funt sterling — currency of the UK
• Vietnamese: bảng Anh — currency of the UK