cordoba n 1: the basic unit of money in Nicaragua; equal to 100 centavos 2: Spanish explorer who discovered Yucatan (1475-1526) [syn: {Cordoba}, {Francisco Fernandez Cordoba}, {Cordova}, {Francisco Fernandez de Cordova}] 3: a city in southern Spain; center of Moorish culture [syn: {Cordoba}, {Cordova}] 4: a city in central Argentina; site of a university founded in 1613 [syn: {Cordoba}, {Cordova}]
C'ordoba \C['o]r"do*ba\ (k[^o]r"d[-o]*v[aum]), n. [Prob. fr. the Spanish explorer Francisco Hern['a]ndez de C['o]rdoba.] The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]