Lexicographical Neighbors of Paisas
Literary usage of Paisas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"The segregation of ice in thin layers and in bodies 2 m thick in paisas, ...
Traditionally, paisas have been thought to belong to the southern part of the ..."
2. Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja by Eugene Schuyler (1876)
"... is, disregarding the various subdivisions which are of only local interest,
divided into 80 paisas, each a little more than an ounce. ..."
3. Fragments of voyages and travels by Basil Hall (1831)
"He reached paisas at three o'clock in the morning, after having narrowly escaped
being taken prisoner by a party of French dragoons: These troops formed a ..."
4. Nepal by Susanne von der Heide (2000)
"The NR is subdivided into 100 paisas. Coins of 5. 10, 25, 50 paisas and one rupee,
as well as banknotes in values of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 200. ..."
5. Turkistan; Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bikhara, and by Eugene Schuyler, Vasilīĭ Vasilʹevich Grigorʹev (1876)
"... is, disregarding the various subdivisions which are of only local interest,
divided into 80 paisas, each a little more than an ounce. ..."
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