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avania.

A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.

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noun/ˌavəˈniːə/UK
  1. A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.

    historical
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”).

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