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1. fils, n.2 View full entry 1891
...Formerly: the local name for any of a number of small copper coins of varying value used throughout the Middle East, the Byzantine Empire, and parts of India. Subsequently: a monetary unit...
2. gibli, n. View full entry 1821
...A local name in Libya for the sirocco....
3. jol, n. View full entry 1904
...The local name (often with capital initial) for a barren, much dissected, limestone plateau south of Wadi Hadhramaut in the Arabian peninsula; also applied (often with capital initial) to different regions within...
