kroon

[ kroon ]

/ krun /

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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, Kropivnitsky, Kropotkin, Kropyvnytskyi, KRP, krs

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How to use kroon in a sentence

Breda has a population of twenty thousand, and a good hotel, "Der Kroon," which knows well how to care for automobilists.
The Automobilist Abroad|M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
To this list Kroon adds a case corresponding fully to the requirements of Colles's Law.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
Kroon's experiments led him to conclude that the valerianate of atropia was the most useful.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various

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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