A former monetary unit used in certain parts of Southeast Asia, particularly in historical trade contexts.
From Portuguese or Dutch colonial languages mixed with local Asian languages; related to the word for 'curved' or 'bent' and possibly describing the shape of early coins.
The cobang shows how colonial trade languages blended—Portuguese traders sailing to Asia left linguistic fingerprints on money names across three continents!
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