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pardo

The English word “pardo” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. A former money of account in Portuguese India, one twentieth of a rupia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese pardao (an obsolete spelling of pardau), from Sanskrit प्रतापः (pratāpaḥ), which was written on the coins.

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