maravedi

[ mar-uh-vey-dee ]

noun

, plural mar·a·ve·dis.

1. a former gold coin issued by the Moors in Spain.
2. a former minor copper coin of Spain, discontinued in 1848.

maravedi

/ ˌmærəˈveɪdɪ /

noun

1. any of various Spanish coins of copper or gold

Word History and Origins

Origin of maravedi¹

1530–40; < Spanish maravedí, from Arabic Murābitīn the Almoravids ( def ); marabout

Word History and Origins

Origin of maravedi¹

C15: from Spanish, from Arabic Murābitīn (plural of murābit marabout ), the Moorish dynasty in Córdoba, 1087–1147

Example Sentences

This demand of two hours was employed by the towns-people in loading themselves with their riches and preparing for flight—the Buccaneers virtuously abstaining from any molestation till the time had duly expired, and then pursuing the fugitives and plundering them of every maravedi.

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Not a maravedi had the Cid, and how to furnish his men with arms and food he knew not.

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A sad termination for such a welcome beginning, for the two unhappy creatures, Juan and Maria, had neither maravedi nor cuarto in their money box!

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The change of name consists in the introduction of that of the maravedi, which was adopted from the conquered Moors, and applied to designate the sueldo d'oro from the time of the conquest of Toledo.

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To this maravedi de oro was subsequently given the name of Alfonsi, supposititiously from Alfonso VI., the first to issue them.

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