Moroccan dirham
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The Moroccan dirham is the official monetary unit of Morocco, used for everyday transactions and issued by the country's central bank.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Moroccan dirham canonical | 33 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T349412 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moroccan dirham Context triple: [Morocco, currency, Moroccan dirham]
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A.
Dirham
The dirham is a historical silver coin and monetary unit widely used in the Islamic world, originating as a standard currency under early Muslim caliphates.
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B.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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C.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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D.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
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E.
United Arab Emirates dirham
The United Arab Emirates dirham is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates, widely used in trade, tourism, and financial transactions across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Moroccan dirham Target entity description: The Moroccan dirham is the official monetary unit of Morocco, used for everyday transactions and issued by the country's central bank.
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A.
Dirham
The dirham is a historical silver coin and monetary unit widely used in the Islamic world, originating as a standard currency under early Muslim caliphates.
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B.
Algerian dinar
The Algerian dinar is the official monetary unit of Algeria, issued and regulated by the Bank of Algeria.
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C.
Tunisian dinar
The Tunisian dinar is the official monetary unit of Tunisia, subdivided into 1,000 millimes and used for all domestic financial transactions.
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D.
Libyan dinar
The Libyan dinar is the official monetary unit of Libya, used for everyday transactions and economic activities throughout the country.
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E.
United Arab Emirates dirham
The United Arab Emirates dirham is the official currency of the United Arab Emirates, widely used in trade, tourism, and financial transactions across the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| basketIncludes |
US dollar
ⓘ
euro ⓘ
linked to:
Euro
|
| category |
Currencies of Africa
ⓘ
Economy of Morocco ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank Al-Maghrib ⓘ |
| country | Morocco ⓘ |
| currencySignPlacement | after amount (commonly) ⓘ |
| denominationType |
banknotes
ⓘ
coins ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedBanknotes |
100 dirhams
ⓘ
20 dirhams ⓘ 200 dirhams ⓘ 50 dirhams ⓘ |
| frequentlyUsedCoins |
0.5 dirham (50 centimes)
ⓘ
1 dirham ⓘ 10 dirhams ⓘ 2 dirhams ⓘ 5 dirhams ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code | MAD ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank Al-Maghrib ⓘ |
| languageOfSymbol | Arabic ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn |
Morocco
ⓘ
Western Sahara (de facto in Moroccan-controlled areas) ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Sahara
|
| monetaryAuthority | Bank Al-Maghrib ⓘ |
| monetarySystem | decimal ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | Morocco ⓘ |
| peggedStatus | managed float against a currency basket ⓘ |
| region | North Africa ⓘ |
| replaced | Moroccan franc (historically) ⓘ |
| subunit | centime ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 centimes ⓘ |
| symbol |
DH
ⓘ
د.م. ⓘ |
| usedAs |
medium of exchange
ⓘ
store of value ⓘ unit of account ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Moroccan government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Morocco
Moroccan residents ⓘ businesses in Morocco ⓘ |
| usedFor | everyday transactions ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Morocco
ⓘ
Western Sahara (Moroccan-administered areas) ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish Sahara
|
| writingSystemOfSymbol | Arabic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Moroccan dirham Description of subject: The Moroccan dirham is the official monetary unit of Morocco, used for everyday transactions and issued by the country's central bank.
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.