Definition of Sucre

1. Noun. The basic unit of money in Ecuador; equal to 100 centavos.

Terms within: Centavo
Generic synonyms: Ecuadoran Monetary Unit

2. Noun. The judicial capital and seat of the judiciary in Bolivia.
Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Bolivia, Republic Of Bolivia

Definition of Sucre

1. n. A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.

Definition of Sucre

1. Proper noun. The constitutional capital of Bolivia. ¹

2. Noun. The former currency of Ecuador, divided into 100 centavos ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sucre

1. a monetary unit of Ecuador [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sucre

Subadar
Subaru
Subcarboniferous
Subdovian
Subera
Subhadra
Sublimaze
Sublime Porte
Subscriber Identity Module
Subscriber Identity Modules
Subularia
Subularia aquatica
Succos
Succot
Succoth
Sucre (current term)
Sudafed
Sudan
Sudan Red
Sudanese
Sudanese Arabic
Sudanese monetary unit
Sudanese pound
Sudanian
Sudbury
Sudeten
Sudetenland
Sudip
Sudovia
Sudovian

Literary usage of Sucre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rise of the Spanish-American Republics, as Told in the Lives of Their Liberators by William Spence Robertson (1918)
"CHAPTER VIII ANTONIO JOSE DE Sucre "Ip God should give to men the right to ... The founder of the Sucre family in northern South America was Carlos de Sucre ..."

2. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"Sucre then resigned the discretionary power, which he had exercised hitherto ... But Sucre endeavored to guard against the example being followed in Bolivia ..."

3. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"Two insurrections against marshal Ayacucho (Sucre), one at La Paz, on the 25th of December, 1827, the other at Chuquisaca, on the 18th of April of the ..."

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