pataca

Pronunciation: /pəˈtɑːkə/

The English word “pataca” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

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