Lira
LIRA, the Italian name (Lat. libra, pound) for a silver coin, the Italian unit of value in the Latin Monetary Union, corresponding to the French, Swiss and Belgian franc (<?..), and the drachma of Greece, etc. The name is sometimes used of the Turkish pound, medjidie.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
