Jo-hăn'nēz, n.

n. [N. Lat., Gr. Ἰωάννης, Heb. Yehō-khānān, Yōkhānān, i. e., one whom Jehovah has blessed; Eng. John.] (Numis.) A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars; — contracted often into joe; as, a joe, or half-joe. It is named from the figure of King John, which it bears.