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Dinar

A five-Iraqi dinar note featuring
A five-Iraqi dinar note featuring Saddam Hussein

The word Dinar (in Arabic and Persian: دينار) traces its origin back to the Roman currency, the denarius (pl. denarii).

Numerous countries today use Dinar as the name for their currencies:

Most of the countries using dinar as the name of their currency are Arabic-speaking or were once part of the Ottoman Empire.

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