: the basic monetary unit of Croatia from 1994 to 2022
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The exchange rate has been fixed at 7.53450 kuna to 1 euro.—Julia Buckley, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023 The central rate of the Croatian kuna was set at 1 euro to 7.53450 kuna.—Washington Post, 10 July 2020 All that changed on January 1 when Croatia joined the Eurozone, replacing its historic kuna with the euro.—Julia Buckley, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023 In response, the town has been luring in new residents with homes for just one Croatian kuna, or the equivalent of about 16 U.S. cents.—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2021 The houses are all abandoned, and most require serious work, but the town will chip in another 25,000 Croatian kuna (or about $4,045 in U.S. dollars) toward refurbishing the abode.—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 14 June 2021 Alongside the Uzbek deal, that has included large deals in Chilean peso, Dominican peso, Croatian kuna and Saudi riyal, among others.—Paul J. Davies, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2020 A year later, Croatia’s parliament voted to force banks to absorb 6 billion kuna ($912 million) in currency losses by fixing the exchange rate at which banks switched their loans.—Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2019 All the those who were involved received around 500,000 kuna (around £59,000) for their efforts, with each kindly donating their earnings to a charity of their choice.—SI.com, 22 Dec. 2017
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Etymology
Serbian & Croatian (nominative plural kune, genitive plural kunā), literally, marten (the skin of which was used as currency in medieval Slavic cultures)
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