Cordoba

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  C'ordoba \C['o]r"do*ba\ (k[^o]r"d[-o]*v[aum]), n. [Prob. fr. the
     Spanish explorer Francisco Hern['a]ndez de C['o]rdoba.]
     The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United
     States gold dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cordoba
       n 1: the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos
       2: Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) [syn: {Francisco
          Fernandez Cordoba}, {Cordova}, {Francisco Fernandez de
          Cordova}]
       3: a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture [syn: {Cordova}]
       4: a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in
          1613 [syn: {Cordova}]