kroon
[ kroon ]
/ krun /
noun, plural kroons, kroon·i [kroo-nee]. /ˈkru ni/.
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.
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Origin of kroon
<Estonian <Swedish kronakrona
Words nearby kroon
krone, Kronecker, Kronecker delta, Kronos, Kronstadt, kroon, Kropotkin, KRP, krs, Kruger, Kruger National Park
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Example sentences from the Web for kroon
Kroon's experiments led him to conclude that the valerianate of atropia was the most useful.
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British Dictionary definitions for kroon
kroon
/ (kruːn) /
noun plural kroons or krooni (ˈkruːnɪ)
the standard monetary unit of Estonia, divided into 100 senti
Word Origin for kroon
Estonian kron, from German Krone krone ²
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