Swedish krona
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- noun
- /ˈswidɪʃ ˈkroʊnə/
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- In Sweden, you can exchange dollars for Swedish krona at banks and currency exchange offices.
- million Swedish kronor
Examples
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During my visit, I noticed that a meal at a restaurant costs around 200 Swedish krona.
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(It dropped greatly against the Swedish Krona while I was there this summer!)
Blog text (15) -
I am from Sweden and thought in Swedish kronor the sum converted to kronor.
Blog text (21) -
The other currency often thrown into the same bucket as the euro, which is the Swedish krona, did even better as one of their policymakers tried to put some distance between them and the European debt problems.
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To encourage energy and water efficiency, Electrolux piloted a "pay-per-wash" service in Sweden in 1999 where consumers were given new efficient washing machines for a small home installation fee and then were charged 10 Swedish kronor (about $1) per use.
Academic text (2006) -
When planning my trip to Sweden, I budgeted 1,000 Swedish krona for meals and activities each day.
Synonyms
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The money used in Sweden and Iceland
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase combines a demonym adjective 'Swedish' with the noun 'krona' (a currency unit), so its meaning 'the currency of Sweden' is directly inferable from the constituents. This demonym + currency pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows ordinary compounding rules, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Swedish krona comes from the Swedish word krona, which means 'crown'. Old coins often showed a king's crown, so the word krona became the name for the country's 'money', and that's why Swedish krona is the name of Sweden's money today.