lempira


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lempira /lɛmˈpɪərə/
noun the basic monetary unit of Honduras, equal to 100 centavos.
– origin named after Lempira, a 16th-cent. Indian chieftain who opposed the Spanish conquest of Honduras.
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