Dinar
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The dinar (denar in Macedonia) is the currency unit of various countries, most of them Arabic-speaking. The word "dinar" (دينار in Arabic and Persian) is derived from denarius, a Roman currency.
[edit] Countries that use dinar as their currency
- Algeria: the Algerian dinar
- Bahrain: the Bahraini dinar
- Iran: the Iranian rial is divided into 100 dinars (not in use)
- Iraq: the Iraqi dinar
- Jordan: the Jordanian dinar
- Kuwait: the Kuwaiti dinar
- Libya: the Libyan dinar
- Serbia: the Serbian dinar (Kosovo and Metohija uses the euro in most of the territory)
- Republic of Macedonia: the Macedonian denar
- Tunisia: the Tunisian dinar
[edit] Countries that previously used dinar as their currency
- Abu Dhabi: the Abu Dhabi dinar
- Bosnia and Hercegovina: the Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar
- Croatia: the Croatian dinar
- Republic of Serbian Krajina: the Krajina dinar
- Republika Srpska: the Republika Srpska dinar
- Federation of South Arabia: the South Arabian dinar
- South Yemen: the South Yemeni dinar
- Sudan: the Sudanese dinar
- Yugoslavia: the Yugoslav dinar
[edit] See also
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Current | Algerian dinar · Bahraini dinar · Islamic gold dinar · Iraqi dinar · Jordanian dinar · Kuwaiti dinar · Libyan dinar · Macedonian denar · Tunisian dinar · Serbian dinar |
Defunct | Abu Dhabi dinar · Bosnia and Herzegovina dinar · Croatian dinar · Krajina dinar · Republika Srpska dinar · South Arabian dinar · South Yemeni dinar · Sudanese dinar · Yugoslav dinar |
As subunit | Iranian rial |
See also | E-dinar |