baiza

or bai·sa

[ bahy-zah ]

noun

1. a coin and monetary unit of Oman, the 1000th part of a rial omani.

Word History and Origins

Origin of baiza¹

< Arabic bayzah < Hindi paisā

Example Sentences

One day when Alejandro was little, Baiza zipped through a Mexico City intersection, too busy trying to knock some sense into his 5-year-old brain to notice the light had turned red.

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Baiza started bringing her tennis shoes to the marathon three years ago, when Andrea ran her first.

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Baiza couldn’t cross the finish line.

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Carolina Baiza brought her tennis shoes, just in case.

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So Baiza laced up her shoes and joined the fray, running alongside Andrea for the last few miles.

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