: the basic monetary unit of Croatia from 1994 to 2022
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All that changed on January 1 when Croatia joined the Eurozone, replacing its historic kuna with the euro.—Julia Buckley, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023 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 The central rate of the Croatian kuna was set at 1 euro to 7.53450 kuna.—Washington Post, 10 July 2020 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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