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birr

[bur] / bɜr /












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But as the telecoms sector has opened up, the country is embracing mobile phone digital payments in birr, the local currency.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

His bail was set at 60,000 Ethiopian birr, about $1,170, according to his lawyer.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 1, 2022

She said she was not told why she was detained, paid 3,000 birr to a policeman and was released five days later.

From Reuters • Jul. 15, 2021

He added that citizens who receive remittances are “expected to convert their foreign currency into birr right away.”

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2019

When disturbed they rise with a strong birr of wing-beats, and scatter as if exploded to a distance of a quarter of a mile or so.

From My First Summer in the Sierra by Muir, John