khoum
/kuːm
/noun
A monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to one fifth of an ouguiya.The currency of Mauritania is ougiya, which is is divided into 5 khoums, but these are not in use....
- The basic unit of currency, the ouguiya, comprises five khoums.
- The basic unit of currency, the ouguiya, is comprised of five khoums.
Origin
From Arabic ḵums 'one fifth'.
Rhymes
- neohesperidin
- neohesperidin dihydrochalcone
- neohesperidine
- neohexane
- neohexyl
- neo-hippie
- neo-imperial
- neo-imperialism
- neo-imperialist
- neo-impressionism
- neo-impressionist
- neo-isolationism
- neo-isolationist
- neoist
- neo-Kantian
- neo-Kantianism
- neo-Kantism
- neo-Keynesian
- neo-Keynesianism
- neo-Lamarckian
- neo-Lamarckianism
- neo-Lamarckism
- neo-Latin
- neo-Latinist
- neo-liberal