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shilingi.

shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Kiswahili language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. shilingi (currency formerly used across East Africa, now only in Tanzania)

    class-ix

  2. shilling (former British unit of currency)

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  3. money

    broadly · class-ix

  4. scalp ringworm

    Kenya · class-ix
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH-der. Proto-Germanic *skiljaną Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-Germanic *skillingaz Old English sċilling Middle English schilling English shillingbor. Swahili shilingi Borrowed from English shilling.

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