belga

American

[bel-guh] / ˈbɛl gə /

noun

a former Belgian currency unit in foreign exchange, equal to five Belgian francs: in use from 1926 to 1945.

belga British

/ ˈbɛlɡə /

noun

a former Belgian monetary unit worth five francs

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Etymology

Origin of belga

1925–30; < French, Dutch < Latin Belga, singular of Belgae

Example Sentences

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While the dollar is cheap and the belga is dear, proposed Deputy Marquet, let the Government borrow enough belgas to pay off Belgian debts in the U. S. at the present attractive discount.

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Belgian shopkeepers, keen exchange watchers, raised prices this week almost as fast as the belga fell.

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As well as he could M. Verviers answered, his shrewd guess being that the belga would be taken off gold and devalued 25%.

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Overnight King Albert, by royal decree, proclaimed the creation of a new monetary unit, the belga, worth exactly five Belgian paper francs and exactly .209211 grams of gold.

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So Belgium established the belga, worth five francs.

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