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The lira (/ ˈ l ɪər ə / LEER-ə, ... The Carolingian system is the origin of the French livre tournois (predecessor of the franc), the Italian lira, and the pound ...
The Turkish lira, the French livre (until 1794), the Italian lira (until 2002), Lebanese pound and the pound unit of account in sterling (a translation of the Latin libra; the word "pound" as a unit of weight is still abbreviated as "lb.") are the modern descendants of the ancient currency.
The lira or pound [a] is the currency of Lebanon.It was formerly divided into 100 piastres (or qirsh in Arabic) but, because of high inflation during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990), subunits were discontinued.
Israeli lira/pound 1948–1980; replaced by the old shekel in 1980. Italian lira 1861–2002; merged into the euro, 1999 (notes and coins from 2002)
Lira. Italian East African lira; Italian Somaliland lira; Tripolitanian lira; Metica – Mozambique; Peseta – Equatorial Guinea; Peso – Guinea-Bissau; Pound. Biafran pound; British West African pound – Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Sierra Leone; Gambian pound; Ghanaian pound; Libyan pound; Malawian pound; Nigerian pound; Rhodesian ...
Until the 1930s and the Turkish alphabet reform, the Arabic script was used on Turkish coins and banknotes, with پاره for para, قروش for kuruş and ليرا for lira (تورك ليراسي for 'Turkish lira'). In European languages, the kuruş was known as the piastre, whilst the lira was known as the livre in French and the pound in ...
The Jamaican pound was also used in Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands until 1968. Jordanian pound; see Palestine pound, below. Libyan pound (until 1971, replaced by the Libyan dinar) Malawian pound (1964 to 1970, replaced by the Malawian kwacha) Maltese pound (also known as the Maltese lira and replaced by the euro on 1 January 2008)
The Syrian pound or lira (Arabic: الليرة السورية, romanized: al-līra as-sūriyya; abbreviation: LS [2] or SP [3] in Latin, ل.س in Arabic, historically also £S, [4] and £Syr; [5] ISO code: SYP) is the currency of Syria. It is issued by the Central Bank of Syria.