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sou
2 English words descend from French
sou
, most common first.
xu
A former unit of currency in Vietnam, equivalent to a hundredth of a dong.
sou
An old French copper coin equal to one twentieth of a livre or twelve deniers; one sou is to the livre as one shilling is to the pound.