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ミル

Meanings

1

noun

mil-réis

historical termusually written using kana alone

Historical term for a former monetary unit of Brazil. Used in contexts discussing old Brazilian currency.

19世せい紀きのブラジルでは、ミルが通つう貨か単たん位いとして使つかわれていた。
In 19th-century Brazil, the mil-réis was used as a monetary unit.

Written forms

ミルUsage100%
Katakana spelling is standard for this loanword; usually written in kana.
釬みる
ateji (phonetic kanji usage)
Ateji spelling; rarely used and mainly of historical interest.

Kanji

釬solder

Etymology

From Portuguese 'mil-réis', literally 'a thousand réis'. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it is a loanword referring to the historical Brazilian currency.