| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·al |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -äl |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. re·als or re·al·es (-äl s)
A silver coin formerly used in Spain and Latin America. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Spanish, royal, real, from Latin r glis, royal, from rx, rg-, king. See reg- in Appendix I.
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