drachma


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
drachma /ˈdrakmə/
noun (pl. drachmas or drachmae /-miː/) (until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of Greece.

■ a silver coin of ancient Greece.

– origin via L. from Gk drakhmē, an Attic weight and coin.
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