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kurus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | piaster, piastre |
| Type of | turkish monetary unit |
Examples of kurus
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Dolmus travel brought us within minutes to every point of interest and for 75 kurus or 7d.
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- 100 kurus equal 1 lira in Turkey
- (kuru) a progressive disease of the central nervous system marked by increasing lack of coordination and advancing to paralysis and death within a year of the appearance of symptoms; thought to have been transmitted by cannibalistic consumption of diseased brain tissue since the disease ...
- Kuruu015F (derived from the French gros, German Groschen and Hungarian Garas; Ottoman Turkish: u0642u0631u0648u0634 guru00FBu015F) is a Turkish currency subunit. Since 2005, one Turkish lira is equal to 100 kuruu015F. The kuruu015F was also the standard unit of currency in the Ottoman Empire until 1844, and from that date until the late 1970s was a subdivision of the former lira...
- (Kuru (epidemic)) Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. It is caused by a misfolded protein called a prion. ...
- (Kuru (Iisaku)) Kuru is a village in Iisaku Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia.
- (Kuru (sport)) Kuru is a traditional Bhutanese sport. It involves throwing darts outdoors with a target approximately 20 metres (65 feet).
- A subdivision of currency, equal to a 1/100th of a Turkish lira
- (kuru) A chronic, progressive, fatal central nervous system disease found mainly among the Fore and neighboring peoples of New Guinea, caused by a prion that probably resembles the scrapie agent of sheep, transmissible to nonhuman primates, and believed to be transmitted by ritual cannibalism
- (kuru) fatal prion disease restricted to the Fore tribe in the highlands of New Guinea as a result of cannibalistic funeral practices; form of spongiform encephalopathy
