LEMPIRA


Meaning of LEMPIRA in English

[ lɛm'pɪərə ]

■ 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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