euro
Meanings
Noun
- 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
- The currency unit of the European Monetary Union. Symbol: €
- A coin with a face value of one euro.
- Abbreviation of European, in any sense.
- Macropus robustus, a wallaroo (macropod species).
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
EUR
Scrabble Score: 4
euro is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordeuro is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
euro is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 5
euro is a valid Words With Friends word