pula
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Money that people use in Botswana
- noun
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pula
- Water is such a precious quantity that the Setswana word for rain, pula, is also used as the currency of the country and as an exhortation in political speeches.
- Botswana pula
Examples
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The exchange rate for one dollar is approximately 11 pula.
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And the currency there... actually, it's called the pula, which is the same word as rain.
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They prayed for the essential components of the Basotho benediction: khotso, pula, nala—peace, rain, and plenty.
Academic text (1998) -
A meal at the restaurant costs about 150 pula.
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After saving for months, she finally had enough pula to buy a new laptop.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pula comes from the Setswana word for 'rain', a very welcome blessing in dry Botswana. That's why Botswana named its money pula—it shows money is precious and life-giving, like rain.