"rix-dollar" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɹɪksˌdɒlə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: rix-dollars [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from obsolete Dutch rijcksdaler (modern rijksdaalder), after early modern German Reichsthaler; compare riche, dollar. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|rijcksdaler|}} Dutch rijcksdaler, {{m|nl|rijksdaalder}} rijksdaalder, {{der|en|de|Reichsthaler}} German Reichsthaler, {{m|en|riche}} riche, {{m|en|dollar}} dollar Head templates: {{en-noun}} rix-dollar (plural rix-dollars)
  1. (now historical) A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16ᵗʰ to the mid-19ᵗʰ centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-rix-dollar-en-noun-XguDBrWi Categories (other): Caribbean Hindustani terms in nonstandard scripts, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Caribbean Hindustani terms in nonstandard scripts: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38
  2. (historical) A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-rix-dollar-en-noun-N4xAFgXh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (A rix-dollar): dála (Caribbean Hindustani), sringgit (Caribbean Javanese), ringgitan (Caribbean Javanese), rigsdaler (Danish), rijksdaalder (Dutch), ríkisdáli [masculine] (Faroese), Reichstaler (German), ringgit (Indonesian), dala (Sranan Tongo), knaka (Sranan Tongo), riksdaler (Swedish), ryksdaelder (West Frisian)
Synonyms: reekes doller, reichs doller, rexdolar, rexdoler, rexdollar, rexdoller, ricksdoller, rycksdollar, rix dollar, rix doller, rixdollar, rixdoller, rixe dollar, rich dollar Disambiguation of 'A rix-dollar': 0 0

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