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Kiribati dollar

Kiribati dollar

6.7
The official money of Kiribati used alongside the Australian dollar
  • noun
: dólar de Kiribati
  • Most shops in Tarawa accept both the Kiribati dollar and the Australian dollar.

Examples

  • I exchanged my money for Kiribati dollars at the airport.

  • The Kiribati dollar is pegged to the Australian dollar.

  • The government announced a new design for the Kiribati dollar this year.

  • Travelers should be aware that the Kiribati dollar is not widely used outside the country.

  • Most shops in Tarawa accept both the Kiribati dollar and the Australian dollar.

  • The government announced a new design for the Kiribati dollar this year.

  • Travelers should be aware that the Kiribati dollar is not widely used outside the country.

Synonyms

dollar
vsKiribati dollar
∞ 1.0

The main money unit in countries like the United States, equal to 100 cents

is a country's local currency unit used alongside another country's currency

Surface Forms

Kiribati dollar singular
Kiribati dollars plural

Morphology

Kiribati + dollar

The term is a straightforward composition of a country name and the currency unit: knowing 'Kiribati' (a republic) and 'dollar' (monetary unit) lets a learner infer it denotes Kiribati's currency. This country-name + currency pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows regular noun-noun compounding, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Kiribati dollar comes from joining the country name Kiribati with the word dollar, so imagine a coin or note with the islands and that name on it. So it means the local 'money' of Kiribati, often used together with the Australian dollar.