euro
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol
The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
A coin with a face value of one euro.
Abbreviation of European, in any sense.
- euro size
- euro style pad
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Any of species Macropus robustus of macropods
Any of species Macropus robustus of macropods; a wallaroo.
Clipping of European.
Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.
The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the…
The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years.
A ghost town in Western Australia.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for euro. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA