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pengő

pengő noun: the monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.

Noun

pengő (plural pengős)

  1. The monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.
    • This is reflected in the oft-repeated joke from 1946: Tuesday around noon we heard the rumour that the price of a kilo of lard has reached 90,000 pengős.2011, Mária Palasik, Chess Game for Democracy: Hungary Between East and West, 1944-1947

Forms of pengő

pluralpengős
alternative formpengo

Origin of pengő

From Hungarian pengő.

Questions about pengő

What does pengő mean?
Pengő means the monetary unit of Hungary from January, 1927 to July, 1946, divided into 100 fillér.
What part of speech is pengő?
Pengő is a noun.
What is the plural of pengő?
The plural of pengő is pengős.

Words near pengő in the dictionary

  1. penguinsonas
  2. pengulu
  3. pengulus
  4. Pengwern
  5. Pengyang
  6. pengő
  7. pengős
  8. Penha
  9. Penhallurick
  10. Penhelig
  11. Penhill

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