Cedi

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cedi¹

  • /ˈsiːdiː/

Sounds like seedy · Rhymes with -iːdi

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Fante Akan sedi (“cowrie shell”).

noun cedis

  1. The currency of Ghana, divided into 100 pesewas and represented by ₵. A 25-year-old motorbike rider, Eric Sulley has been sentenced to a fine of 300 Ghana cedis for riding a motorbike without a helmet by the Akim Swedru Circuit Court presided by Mr Yaw Atta Sampong.

Cedi²

noun

  1. historical, plural, plural only An ancient Indo-Aryan tribe of central South Asia whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Chedi (“ancient Indian kingdom”).Chedi

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