euro

Meaning

1. The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
2. A coin with a face value of one euro.
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of European, in any sense.

Synonyms

kangaroo

🦘

wallaby

wallaroo

EUR

small stone

hill kangaroo

euros

Translations

euro

💶

euro

💶

euro

💶

يورو

💶

Euro

💶

ευρώ

euro

💶

euro

💶

euro

💶

avro

💶

èuro

Euro

corona

👑

Teuro

💶

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈjʊəɹəʊ/

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.