Lira
Lira is the name of several currency units. It is the current currency of Turkey and also the local name of the currencies of Lebanon and Syria. It is the former currency of Italy, Malta, San Marino and Vatican City, all of which were replaced with the euro in 2002 except for Malta in 2008, and of Israel, which replaced it with the old shekel in 1980. The term originates from the value of a troy pound (Latin "libra") of high purity silver. The libra was the basis of the monetary system of the Roman Empire. When Europe resumed  a monetary system, during the Carolingian Empire, the Roman system was adopted, the so-called £sd ("librae", "solidi", "denarii"). Particularly this system was kept during the Middle Ages and Modern Age in England, France, and Italy. In each of these countries the "libra" was translated into local language: pound in England, livre in France, "lira" in Italy. The Venetian lira was one of the currencies in use in Italy and due to the economic power of the Venetian Republic a popular currency in the Eastern Mediterranean trade. During the 19th century, Egypt and the Ottoman Empire adopted the "lira  as their national currency, equivalent to 100 piasters or kuruş. When the Ottoman Empire collapsed in years 1918–1922, many among the successor states kept the lira as their national currency. In some countries, such as Cyprus, which have belonged to both the Ottoman Empire and the British Empire, the words lira" and "pound" are used interchangeably. Lira sign. For Turkish lira, the Turkish lira sign (₺) is used. The Lebanese pound (also known as lira) uses . The Syrian pound (Lira, in Arabic) uses £S. The primary symbol for the Italian lira was L. but the symbols ₤ (two bars ), £ (Unicode , one bar) and prefix "Lit." were common. The Unicode system allocates to the Lira. (Contrast may be drawn with , where the one-bar and the two-bar versions are treated as allographs and the choice between them is merely stylistic). Other uses. The Carl Lindström Company and its subsidiary Parlophone Records used the ₤ symbol in a circle as its trademark, but it is a stylised blackletter L (formula_1, for Lindström) rather than a currency symbol. Current uses. Turkey. The Turkish lira was introduced in 1844 during the Ottoman reign. The Turkish Lira is now the currency of  Turkey and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, and used in Turkish-occupied northern Syria. Lebanon and Syria. The Lebanese pound and Syrian pound are both called "lira" () in Arabic, the national language of both Lebanon and Syria.