Associations to the word «Pataca»

Wiktionary

PATACA, noun. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
PATACA, noun. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large copper coin.
PATACA, noun. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.

Dictionary definition

PATACA, noun. The basic unit of money in Macao.

Wise words

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Aldous Huxley