florin
IPA: fɫˈɔrɪn
noun
- Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
- A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
- The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
- A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
- A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.
- A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.
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Examples of "florin" in Sentences
- Florin can be a given name or surname.
- Florin Road did not reach into the area.
- It has the Aruban florin as its currency.
- It is also sometimes referred to as florin.
- It is also sometimes referred to as 'florin'.
- The internment forever changed the character of Florin.
- A florin was worth about one tenth of a pound sterling.
- At that time, a florin could purchase a bushel of wheat.
- Humperdinck is the prince of the fictional kingdom of Florin.
- Doss took a job in a cotton mill to support Florine and herself.
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