libra
Pronunciation: [ˈliβɾɐ]
“libra” is a Galician word. Its 6 meanings in English:
noun
- English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g
- Galician pound, a unit of mass equivalent to about 575 g
- libra, Spanish pound, a unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g
- British pound, a unit of British currency originally notionally equal to a pound of sterling silver
- pound, other similar currencies originally notionally equal to a pound of gold or silver
- Libra (someone with the Libra star sign)
In Galician
- Antiga medida de peso.
- Medida de peso do sistema imperial anglosaxón, equivalente a 0,45359237 quilogramos.
- Unidade monetaria de moitos países, Reino Unido, Xibraltar, Irlanda (co euro desde o 2002), Chipre (co euro desde 2008)...
- Persoa nacida baixo o signo zodiacal de Libra.
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese livra, attested in the 13th-century Cantigas de Santa Maria, from Latin libra (“Roman pound”). Doublet of lira. In reference to the English unit, a calque of English pound. Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish libra and Catalan lliura.
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