OUGUIYA


Meaning of OUGUIYA in English

/ooh gee"yeuh/ , n. , pl. ouguiya, ouguiyas .

a cupronickel-aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to five khoums.

[ 1970-75; ugiya, akin to Ar uqiyah lit., ounce; see OKA 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .