escudo
noun/eˈskuːdəʊ/
/eˈskuːdəʊ/
(plural escudos)
- the unit of money in Cape Verde, and in the past in Portugal (replaced there in 2002 by the euro)Word OriginSpanish and Portuguese, from Latin scutum ‘shield’.
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