JOHANNES

johannes. Johannes, n. a Portuguese gold coin value 8 dolls.

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Jo‐han″nes (jō̍‐hăn″nēz), n. [[NL., fr. Gr. �, Heb. Yĕhōkhānān, Yōkhānān, i.e., one whom Jehovah has blessed; hence F. Jean, E. John.]] (Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; — often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.