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Definition of Ouguiya
1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Mauritania.
Definition of Ouguiya
1. Noun. The currency of Mauritania, divided into five khoums. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ouguiya
1. a monetary unit of Mauritania [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouguiya
Literary usage of Ouguiya
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mauritania's Campaign of Terror: State-Sponsored Repression of Black Africans by Janet Fleischman (1994)
"It also decided to leave the franc zone5 and create a new national currency ~
the ouguiya. Other signs of this increasing nationalism were soon apparent, ..."
2. Disabled Youth and Employment by John Fish (1994)
"In October 1992, the ouguiya was devalued 27 per cent against the dollar, its
reference currency. Food aid deliveries have been sporadic over the last ten ..."
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