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hryvnia

/(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/

hryvnia noun: the currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.

hryvnia: the currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas
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Noun

hryvnia (plural hryvnias or hryvni or hryven)

  1. The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.
    • […] Ukrainian postage stamps are to be used in values of 10, 20, 40 hryven of which the total number of 13,005 pieces are prepared for this purpose and surcharged Courier and Field Post, […]1920, Scott’s Monthly Journal, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Scott Publications, →OCLC, page 13, column 2
    • The liabilities of the Ukraine stand at 122 billion rubles, nearly 90 billion rubles on the accounts of its populace. If this whole sum were exchanged for national currency, then all the chaos which existed in the ruble would continue with the new hryven.1991 August 16, Mykhaylo Shvayka, quotee, anonymous translator, “Official on Republic Currency”, in Soviet Union: Republic Affairs (FBIS Report; FBIS-USR-91-023), [McLean, Va.?]: Foreign Broadcast...

hryvnia meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Persian and Thai

hryvnia in Hindi

Ukrainian currency
रिव्निया rivniyā

hryvnia in Arabic

Ukrainian currency
هَرِيفْنَا harīfnā, هْرِيفْنَا hrīfnā

hryvnia in Persian

Ukrainian currency
گریونا gerivnâ

hryvnia in Thai

Ukrainian currency
ฮรึวญา

Forms of hryvnia

pluralhryvnias
pluralhryvni
pluralhryven
alternative formgrivna
alternative formgryvna
alternative formhryvnya
alternative formhrivna

Origin of hryvnia

From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.

Questions about hryvnia

What does hryvnia mean?
Hryvnia means the currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.
What is hryvnia in Hindi?
Hryvnia in Hindi is रिव्निया (rivniyā). See Hryvnia meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hryvnia?
Hryvnia is a noun.
How do you pronounce hryvnia?
Hryvnia is pronounced /(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/.
What is the plural of hryvnia?
The plural of hryvnia is hryvnias.

Words near hryvnia in the dictionary

  1. Hryhoriy
  2. Hryshchyshyn
  3. Hrytsyshyn
  4. hryven
  5. hryvni
  6. hryvnia
  7. hryvnias
  8. hryvnya
  9. hryvnyas
  10. HRZE
  11. hrzn

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