kroon
Americannoun
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kroons,
plural
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krooni
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of kroon
< Estonian < Swedish krona krona
Example Sentences
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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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2012
The Finance Ministry on Dec. 21 blamed the slippage on nostalgia for the soon-to-be abolished kroon.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 31, 2010
Of course the kroon is very important to us historically and beautiful and so on, but we probably can’t make it without the euro.
From BusinessWeek ● Dec. 31, 2010
Estonia, which hopes to join the euro in January, saw its economy shrink 17% last year after it slashed government spending and refused to devalue the kroon.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2010
Of key importance has been the introduction of the kroon in August 1993 and the subsequent reductions in inflation to 1%-2% per month.
From The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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