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lari

lari

1 9.9
Money used in the country Georgia, equal to 100 tetri
  • noun
  • /ˈlɑːri/
: lari
  • Is it Georgian Lari? -

Examples

  • Lari!

  • Contact Lari Price at lprice@iteaconnect.org for more information.

    Academic text (2008)
  • A landing strip was cleared at Lari, and the Washington flew in from Arequipa (Fig. 11).

    Academic text (1993)
  • At the college level, DeLuca and Lari (2011) conducted a study with students who were studying renewable energy sources by working with authentic, real-world data to think and solve problems like real scientists.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The lari is the currency of Georgia.

  • "I paid fifty thousand lari, about $30,000," Pavel says.

  • After an especially lively discussion on the afternoon of day three, everyone agreed to chip in some money and, for 120 lari (about $60), they bought themselves a cow.

Compounds

suborder Lari
  • Specialized
9.7

A group of seabirds like gulls or terns, including jaegers and skimmers

Surface Forms

lari singular
laris plural

Etymology

The word lari comes from the Georgian word lari, which means 'hoard' or 'treasure', things kept safe for later. So lari is the name for Georgia's money, because it suggests saved money.