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See also:ANNA (Hindustani See also:ana) , an See also:Indian See also:penny, the sixteenth See also:part of a See also:rupee . The See also:term belongs to the See also:Mahommedan monetary See also:system (see RuPEE) . There is no See also:coin of one See also:anna, but there are See also:half-annas of See also:copper and two-anna pieces of See also:silver . The term anna is frequently used to See also:express a fraction . Thus an Anglo-Indian speaks of two annas of dark See also:blood (an See also:octoroon), a four-anna (See also:quarter) See also:crop, an eight-anna (half) gallop . |
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