Drachma (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural drach·mas, drach·mae [drak-mee, drahk-]. /ˈdræk mi, ˈdrɑk-/.
  1. a cupronickel coin and monetary unit of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, equal to 100 lepta. Abbreviation: dr., drch.
  2. the principal silver coin of ancient Greece.
  3. a small unit of weight in ancient Greece, approximately equivalent to the U.S. and British apothecaries' dram.
  4. any of various modern weights, especially a dram.
noun plural -mas or -mae (-miː)
  1. the former standard monetary unit of Greece, divided into 100 lepta; replaced by the euro in 2002
  2. US another name for dram (def. 2)
  3. a silver coin of ancient Greece
  4. a unit of weight in ancient Greece
Drachma (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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