Dinar
A five-dinar note featuring Saddam Hussein
The word Dinar traces its orgin back to the Roman currency, the denarius (pl. denarii).
Numerous countries today use Dinar as the name for their currencies:
- Algeria: See Algerian dinar
- Bahrain: See Bahraini dinar
- Iran: A dinar is officially one hundredth part of an Iranian Rial
- Iraq: See Iraqi dinar
- Jordan: See Jordanian dinar
- Kuwait: See Kuwaiti dinar
- Libya: See Libyan dinar
- Serbia: See Serbian dinar
- Republic of Macedonia: See Macedonian Denar
Most of the countries using dinar as the name of their currency are Arabic-speaking or were once part of the Ottoman Empire. The Arabic for dinar is " دينار ".
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Categories: Currencies