| Definitions | dollar
noun
- Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, Australia, the United States, Hong Kong, and elsewhere. Its symbol is $.
Translations: - Dutch:
- French:
- German: Dollar
- Italian: dollaro
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: dólar
Etymology: From thaler, "dollar", from thal, "valley", from coins called "Saint Joachim"s thaler", named from silver mined in the w:Saint Joachim Valley, Saint Joachim Valley in what is now the Czech Republic (former Joachimsthaler, Germany).
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