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单词 paolo
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paolon.

Brit. /ˈpaʊləʊ/, U.S. /ˈpaʊloʊ/
Inflections: Plural paoli.
Forms: 1600s 1900s– poalo, 1600s 1900s– polo, 1700s– paolo, 1800s paolis (plural).
Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian paolo.
Etymology: < Italian paolo (a1584 as pavolo) < Paolo, the name of St Paul and of Pope Paul III.The coin was first struck under Pope Paul III, but also bears an image of St Paul. N.E.D. (1904) also gives the non-naturalized pronunciation (pā·olo /ˈpaolo/.
Now historical.
Originally: a papal silver coin, first struck during the pontificate of Paul III (1543–9), roughly equivalent in value to the giulio and circulating throughout the papal territories. Later also: a similar coin circulating locally in another Italian state, esp. one produced in Tuscany from the 16th to the 19th centuries.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Italian or Sicilian coins
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1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 99 Each man payed foure Poli, or Poali (a coine so called of Pope Paul).
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 118 We..gaue a Clowne one Poalo for conducting vs.
1740 T. Gray Lett. (1819) I. xlvi. 105 Six paoli, which is three shillings.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 40 Manuscript Pasquinades..are openly sold in the coffee-houses for half a Paolo [Note About three-pence] a sheet.
1766 T. Smollett Trav. France & Italy II. xxvi. 37 For this vehicle and two horses you pay at the rate of eight paoli a stage, or four shillings sterling.
1805 M. G. Lewis tr. J. H. D. Zschokke Bravo of Venice i. i. 3 No, not one paolo, by heavens! and I hunger almost to death!
1837 F. Marryat Snarleyyow (ed. 2) II. xiii. 257 Five hundred thousand paolis, amounting to about thirteen thousand pounds in sterling money.
1883 J. Dye Coin Encycl. 910 (caption) Scudo of ten paoli of Bologna.
1917 A. R. Frey Dict. Numismatic Names 170/1 Ten Paoli were equal to one Scudo, and the Paolo of Tuscany was the fifth of a silver Florin.
1985 Standard Catal. World Coins 1124/1 Tuscany... Monetary system until 1826... 40 Quattrini = 1 Paolo. 1–½ Paoli = 1 Lira.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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