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karbovantsi

karbovantsi is the plural of karbovanets.

Meaning of karbovanets

Noun

karbovanets (plural karbovanets or karbovantsi or karbovantsiv)

  1. The monetary unit of Ukraine from 1917 to 1920, 1942 to 1945, and 1991 to 1996.
    • The Central Powers secured the transfer to themselves of 1,600,000,000 karbovantsi (Ukrainian rubles), which were being printed in Berlin, and in return placed at the disposal of the Ukrainian Government marks and crowns at the rate of 0.85 karbovanets for the mark and 0.50 karbovanets for the...1928, Gustav Gratz, Richard Schüller, translated by W[alter] Alison Phillips, “The Economic Provisions of the Treaties of Brest-Litovsk”, in The Economic Policy of Austria-Hungary during the War in...

Origin of karbovantsi

From Ukrainian карбо́ванці (karbóvanci).

Questions about karbovantsi

What is karbovantsi the plural of?
Karbovantsi is the plural of karbovanets.

Words near karbovantsi in the dictionary

  1. karbharis
  2. Karbi
  3. Karbi Anglong
  4. Karbis
  5. karbovanets
  6. karbovantsi
  7. karbovantsiv
  8. Karbowski
  9. Karbowskis
  10. Karch
  11. Karcher

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