dalasi

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/dəˈlɑːsi/

noun

The currency of the Gambia, divided into 100 bututs.

OriginMandinka dalasoo →
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Meanings

noundalasi (plural dalasis or dalasi)

plural dalasis

  1. The currency of the Gambia, divided into 100 bututs.

    I stood at the desk, about to pay my twenty-five dalasi for fifteen minutes.

    2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 386

Origin

  1. Mandinkadalasoo
  2. Englishdalasi

From (stem form of) Mandinka dalasoo.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Salida
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APA

dalasi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dalasi

MLA

“dalasi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dalasi. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dalasi,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dalasi.

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