scudo.
A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
Meaning & usage
A silver coin and unit of currency of various Italian states from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
A former unit of currency in Malta, now the official currency of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
A unit of currency in 19th-century Bolivia, equal to 16 soles.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian scudo (“a crown, a dollar, a shield”), from Latin scutum (“a shield”). Compare the doublets scute, escudo, scutum, and écu.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.