n. pl. ba·ni (bänē) A unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the primary unit of currency in Romania and Moldova. [Romanian, coin, coin of small worth, perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to Old High German ban, official proclamation, command (the original medieval Romanian coin being so called because coins were necessary to pay fines and feudal dues) and to Old English bannan, to summon; see BAN1.] |
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