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koruna

koruna

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The money used in the Czech Republic, like the euro or dollar
  • noun
  • /kəˈruːnə/
: koruna
  • The price of the meal was 250 koruna, which included the drinks.
  • Czech koruna

Examples

  • The Czech koruna is accepted in many shops and restaurants throughout Prague.

  • For his father to see, he waved with pleasure a fistful of koruna.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • He exchanged his euros for koruna before traveling to the Czech Republic.

Surface Forms

koruna singular
koruny plural

Etymology

Koruna comes from a word meaning 'crown', the same root you see in English crown and Swedish krona. Because coins were linked to the crown a king wears, koruna became the name of the Czech currency.