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birr::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | ethiopian monetary unit |
Examples of birr
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For a few birr, they get to choose a subject and shoot her looking fearsome.
From the independent.co.uk
The adventurous comatose hooks in atramentous add a birr of arrogance.
From the techcrunch.com
Adults get 5 birr, around 25 cents, and children get 2-around 10 cents, though disputes do arise.
From the forbes.com
This is a vexed topic among bankers and others in Ethiopia who hold large wads of birr, the oft devalued currency.
From the economist.com
When Eritrea formed a federation with Ethiopia in 1952, the birr, which was already in use in Ethiopia, was adopted in Eritrea.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The job helps support his family of 10 on a salary of 600 birr per month, more than the 450 birr he earned monthly as a soldier in the Ethiopian army.
From the bloomberg.com
The volunteers who received the BIRR 4 spray seven hours before they were exposed fared pretty well, often reporting only a mild case of the sniffles.
From the time.com
Birr doesn't think the hospital was being adversarial, but he said knowing Dill was a patient would have saved taxpayer dollars and spared Dill's friends anxiety.
From the kansas.com
The first publication of about 10,000 books were sold in Ethiopia in secret some fetching hundreds of Ethiopian birr and was sold out the weekend it went to market.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- The basic unit of money in Ethiopia; equal to 100 cents
- Whizz: make a soft swishing sound; "the motor whirred"; "the car engine purred"
- Whir: sound of something in rapid motion; "whir of a bird's wings"; "the whir of the propellers"
- Birr (from the) is a town in County Offaly, Ireland. Once called Parsonstown, after the Parsons family who were local landowners and hereditary Earls of Rosse. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. ...
- Birr is a municipality in the Swiss canton of canton of Aargau and the capital of both the canton and Brugg (district). The village lies halfway between Lenzburg and Brugg. Birr has grown with its neighbour Lupfig into a conurbation.
- The birr (Amharic: u1265u122D?) is the unit of currency in Ethiopia. Before 1976, dollar was the official English translation of birr. Today, it is officially birr in English as well.
- The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims
- The Ethiopian monetary unit, composed of 100 cents. Introduced officially in 1976, replacing the Ethiopian dollar at par. Through mid-1991, US$1 equaled 2.07 birr, or 1 birr was worth about US$0.48.
- In this context is likened to birr al-walidain, the kindness that a Muslim should show to his or her parents.
