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ONLINE ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
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maría (3)
f. (Noun) "Spanish silver coin"
Originally referring to a
talero de María Teresa
"Mary Theresa thaler," a famous Vienna coin used the world over. Mary Theresa, whose face adorned the thaler, was the first and only Holy Roman Empress.