Centesimo (plural centesimi) is an Italian word derived from the Latin centesimus meaning "hundredth". It was one hundredth of currencies named lira. But not all lira-denominated currencies feature centesimo as their one hundredth subunit. For example, the Turkish new lira is divided into 100 kuruÅŸ and the Maltese lira is divided into 100 cents.
Currencies that have centesimo as subunits include:
In Italian, centesimo is the common way of describing the euro cent.
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