Editing Rupee (section)

{{Short description|Common name for several currencies}}
{{About|the currency used in various countries in Asia|other uses|Rupee (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
[[File:Countries Using a Rupee Currency.svg|thumb|450px|<span style="color:#6b18d0">'''Purple'''</span>: Countries using a rupee as an official currency <br> <small>[[Indian rupee|India]], [[Indonesian rupiah|Indonesia]], [[Maldivian rufiyaa|Maldives]], [[Mauritian rupee|Mauritius]], [[Nepali rupee|Nepal]], [[Pakistani rupee|Pakistan]], [[Seychellois rupee|Seychelles]], [[Sri Lankan rupee|Sri Lanka]]</small> <br> <span style="color:#cd3709">'''Orange'''</span>: Countries where a foreign country's rupee is [[legal tender]] <br> <small>[[Indian rupee]]: [[Bhutan]]</small> <br> <small>[[Indonesian rupiah]]: [[East Timor]] </small>]]

'''Rupee''' ({{IPA-cen|UK|ˌ|r|uː|ˈ|p|iː}}, {{IPA-cen|US|ˈ|r|uː|p|iː}})<ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref><ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref> is the common name for the [[currency|currencies]] of 
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[[Indian rupee|India]],  [[Mauritian rupee|Mauritius]], [[Nepalese rupee|Nepal]], [[Pakistani rupee|Pakistan]], [[Seychellois rupee|Seychelles]], and [[Sri Lankan rupee|Sri Lanka]], and of former currencies of [[Afghan rupee|Afghanistan]], [[Bahrain]], [[Kuwait]], [[Oman]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] (as the [[Gulf rupee]]), [[East African rupee|British East Africa]], [[Burmese rupee|Burma]], [[German East African rupie|German East Africa]] (as [[German East African rupie|Rupie/Rupien]]), and [[Historical money of Tibet|Tibet]]. In [[Indonesia]] and the [[Maldives]], the unit of currency is known as ''[[rupiah]]'' and ''[[rufiyaa]]'' respectively, [[cognate]]s of the word rupee.

The [[Indian rupee]] and [[Pakistani rupee]] are subdivided into one hundred [[paisa|paise]] (singular ''paisa'') or pice. The [[Nepalese rupee]] (रू) subdivides into one hundred [[paisa]] (singular and plural) or four [[sukaa]]s. The [[Mauritian rupee|Mauritian]], [[Seychellois rupee|Seychellois]], and [[Sri Lankan rupee]]s subdivide into 100 cents.