Etymology

kroon

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Today it means: The former currency of Estonia, divided into 100 senti. Full definition →

Estonian kroon ← Low German krōne
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kroon · noun1

  1. Low Germankrōne
  2. Estoniankroon
  3. English todaykroon

From Estonian kroon (“crown”). Doublet of crown and corona.

Kroon · proper noun2

* As a Dutch surname, from the noun kroon (“crown”). * As a Swedish and north/Low German surname, variant of Kron.

Words from the same roots

Estoniankroon all →

koroona

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