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Euro

//ˈjʊəɹəʊ// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of European. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A ghost town in Western Australia.
Noun
  1. 1
    The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
  2. 2
    Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).
  3. 3
    Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999. alt-of, alternative, proscribed
  4. 4
    the basic monetary unit of most members of the European Union (introduced in 1999); in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies wordnet
  5. 5
    A coin with a face value of one euro.
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  1. 6
    The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years. usually

    "England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004."

  2. 7
    Abbreviation of European, in any sense. abbreviation, alt-of

    "euro size"

  3. 8
    Clipping of European. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.

Etymology 3

Named after the euro (macropod species).

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