hwan
Americannoun
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hwan
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hwan
< Korean, the reading of a character used as a graphic synonym of wǒn (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese yuán yuan )
Example Sentences
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In Korea the black-market price for $10 MPC dropped from 3,500 to 100 hwan by nightfall.
From Time Magazine Archive
At that time the hwan was worth less than that and fast losing ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
The exchange rate of the hwan is the same thing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then the Assembly threw its bombshell: practically all existing won, it decided, should be convertible into hwan.
From Time Magazine Archive
We solden biþenchen us wel ofte ⁊ ilome 330 Hwat we beð to hwan we sullen ⁊ of hwan we come.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
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