euro
nounnounattested in dialogue
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The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
noun
- 1
The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- 2
A coin with a face value of one euro.
- 3
Variant of EuropeanAbbreviation of European, in any sense.
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Etymology
The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.
noun
- 1
Any member of the species Macropus robustus of macropods; a wallaroo.
Etymology
From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
Forms
- plural
- euros
euro · The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
Euro · The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football…Europe · A continent located west of Asia (separated by the Urals),…European · Related to Europe.