metalik
/mɪˈtalɪk/ /mɛˈtalik/(also metalick, metallic, metallik) Now historical
noun
(An informal name for) any of a number of former low-grade silver Turkish coins, especially the para and the piastre.
Origin
Late 19th century. From Ottoman Turkish metalik (later metelik; compare Turkish metelik, only in fig. use) from French métallique, adjective.
- Albers, Josef
- Albers-Schönberg
- albert
- Alberta
- Alberta clipper
- Albertan
- Albert boot
- Albert, Carl
- albert chain
- Albert crepe
- Alberti bass
- Alberti, Leon Battista
- Albertine
- albertite
- Albert, Lake
- Albert medal
- Albert Nile
- Albertopolis
- Albertotype
- Albert, Prince
- Alberttype
- Albert type
- Albertus Magnus, St
- Albertype
- albescence