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drachma
2 English words descend from Latin
drachma
, most common first.
dram
Synonym of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight (variously 1.5–3.5 g).
drachma
The currency of Greece in ancient times and again from 1832 until 2001, with the symbol ₯, since replaced by the euro.