joannes

Noun

Meaning

joannes (plural joanneses)

(historical) An old coin of Portugal and Brazil.

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Examples

A powder magazine was hacked out of the bedrock beneath the Joannes bastion. Source: Internet

Ardaburius and two of his galleys were captured by forces loyal to Joannes and were held prisoners in Ravenna. Source: Internet

Joannes Mongardini, the IMF's mission chief for Swaziland, told Swazi civil society that the government had a $50m budget addendum for a new airport project, though the country owns no aeroplanes. Source: Internet

The second part (concerning the caskets, known to English speakers from Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice ) originates from about 800 AD from Joannes Damascensus's account of Barlaam and Josaphat and was written in Greek. Source: Internet

Joannes was taken and his right hand cut off; he was then mounted on a donkey and paraded through the streets, and finally beheaded in the hippodrome of Aquileia. Source: Internet

He took advantage of this privilege to come into contact with the forces of Joannes and convinced some of them to defect to Theodosius' side. Source: Internet

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