dobla

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noun

A historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.

OriginSpanish dobla →
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Meanings

noundobla (plural doblas)

plural doblas

  1. historicalA historical gold coin used in the Iberian peninsula between the 11th and 16th centuries.

    “Prithee, Pepe,” commenced the soldier, “how many hundred doblas a year do they pay, in that service of thine, and how often do they renew that fine leathern doublet?”

    1840, [James Fenimore Cooper], chapter I, in Mercedes of Castile: Or, The Voyage to Cathay. […], volume I, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lea and Blanchard, →OCLC, page 19

Origin

  1. Spanishdobla
  2. Spanishdobla
  3. Englishdobla

Borrowed from Spanish dobla.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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