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kroon

[ kroon ]

noun

, plural kroons, kroon·i [kroo, -nee].
  1. an aluminum bronze coin and monetary unit of Estonia from 1928 to 1940 and from 1992 to 2010, when it was replaced by the euro, equal to 100 marks or senti.


kroon

/ kruːn /

noun

  1. the standard monetary unit of Estonia, divided into 100 senti
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kroon1

< Estonian < Swedish krona krona
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Word History and Origins

Origin of kroon1

Estonian kron, from German Krone krone ²
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Example Sentences

My kroons are still crisp — but Estonians use euros now.

As a show of confidence in the kroon, residents were also permitted to switch roubles for German marks, a strong currency.

The last nation to join the euro was Estonia, Latvia's northern neighbour, which gave up its kroons on 1 January 2011, after the euro crisis had started but before it reached its depths.

Had he been making Estonia’s decisions in 2009, he would have devalued the kroon.

Indeed, while the central banks of Germany, France and Estonia are vestiges of the Deutsche mark, French franc and Estonian kroon, they don't dictate many banking policies in their borders.

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