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ouguiya, n.|uːˈgiːyə|
Also ougiya.
[a. Fr., ad. Mauritanian Arab. ūgiyya (Arab. ūqiyya, ad. Gr. οὐγκία ounce n.1).]
The principal monetary unit in Mauritania, consisting of 5 khoums, which replaced the French franc in 1973; also, a note or coin of this value.
[1973Washington Post 21 May a24/1 Mauritania..will change the name of its currency from the franc to the ugiya, the finance minister announced.] 1973Ibid. 30 June a3/1 Novakchott, June 29—Mauritania's new currency, the ouguiya, went into circulation today. 1973Newsweek 27 Aug. 36/2 In a second slap at France, the republic of Mauritania replaced the French franc with a new currency unit called the ougiya. 1974Ann. Reg. 1973 vi. 274 At the end of June, on the same day as a total eclipse of the sun brought hundreds of visitors to Mauritania, the new currency was launched. The denominations were the ougiya (worth 5 CFA francs) and the Khoum (worth one CFA franc). 1979Daily Tel. 12 Apr. 16/5 How it [sc. the punt] stands against..the Zambian kwacha, the Seychelles rupe, the Qatar riyal or the Mauritanian ouguiya is not clear. 1985Summary World Broadcasts: IV: Weekly Econ. Rep. 30 July me/w1349/a2/4 The amount of the agreement—3m French francs, about 24.8m ouguiyas—is France's contribution in the form of subsidy to our country. |