avania

发音

UK /ˌavəˈniːə/

词形变化

avanias 复数 avanias

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tax or fee imposed on foreigners under the Ottoman Empire, especially one considered to be irregular or extortionate.

    历史

词源

Borrowed from Italian avania, from Byzantine Greek ἀβανία (abanía, cfr. modern Greek αβανιά (avaniá) “defamation, slander”), possibly from Arabic خَوَّان (ḵawwān, “unreliable, treacherous”).

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