| lira 1) (lT) The standard monetary unit of Turkey, divided into 100 kuruş. 2) (Lm) The standard monetary unit of Malta, divided into 100 cents and 1000 mils. 3) (l; lit) Formerly, the standard monetary unit of Italy and San Marino, divided into 100 centesimi. It was subsumed into the euro for all purposes except cash transactions in January 1999 and abolished in 2002. |