Definition of "ouguiya" [ouguiya]

• See Table at currency. (noun)

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• "Frequent commenter Tatyana just sent me the word ouguiya, which is in the dictionary and legal for Scrabble use."
• "Just one more before we quit this topic: the Mauritanian ouguiya!"
• "Surely we would like to buy this little souvenir he has, from Mali, over 200 years old, for only 20,000 ouguiya …"