Definition of Dobra

1. Noun. The basic unit of money on Sao Tome e Principe.

Terms within: Centavo
Generic synonyms: Sao Thome E Principe Monetary Unit

Definition of Dobra

1. Proper noun. A Romanian surname. ¹

2. Noun. The official or principal currency of São Tomé and Príncipe, divided into 100 cêntimos. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dobra

1. a former gold coin of Portugal [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobra

dobbin
dobbing
dobbins
dobby
dobchick
dobchicks
dobhash
dobhashes
dobie
dobies
dobla
doblas
doblon
doblones
doblons
dobra
dobras
dobro
dobros
dobs
dobson
dobson fly
dobsonflies
dobsonfly
dobsons
dobule
dobules
dobutamine
doby
docent

Literary usage of Dobra

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

1. Narrative of a Journey from Constantinople to England by Robert Walsh (1831)
"... and inscriptions—Auriferous rivers in Wallachia and Transylvania—Change in Greek crosses, approximating to Latin —Landlady of Dobra—Roads through Bannat ..."

2. Albania: A Narrative of Recent Travel by Edward Frederick Knight (1880)
"I hit the target (a pocket handkerchief) at a 200 yards' range, at the first shot, which so pleased the spectators that they gave me the name of the "dobra ..."

3. Local Etymology: A Derivative Dictionary of Geographical Names by Richard Stephen Charnock (1859)
"Dobra in Slav, means " good," whence Dobra ... and Dobra in Hungary and Transylvania ; Dobre in Poland, Dobra a river rising in ..."

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