stelo
stelo noun: a monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
Noun
stelo (plural steloj)
- A monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
- One stelo theoretically equals in value of one kilogram of bread. […] The five steloj, 1959 (60), obverse shows a world globe symbolizing the unity of mankind. […] Most Esperantists use International Reply Coupons for the purposes for which stelo coins were intended, he added.1980 July, COINage, volume 16, number 7, Ventura, Calif.: Behn-Miller Publishers, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 51–52
- More patterns were issued in 1959, these in 1-, 5- and 10-steloj denominations. The piece shown here is a 25-steloj coin issued in Poland in 1965.1982 September, Marvin Kay, “Medicine in Numismatics”, in N[orris] Neil Harris, editor, The Numismatist, volume 95, number 9, Colorado Springs, Colo.: American Numismatic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC...
Forms of stelo
| plural | steloj |
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Origin of stelo
Learned borrowing from Esperanto stelo. Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stella; related to aster and star.
Questions about stelo
- What does stelo mean?
- Stelo means a monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
- What part of speech is stelo?
- Stelo is a noun.
- What is the plural of stelo?
- The plural of stelo is steloj.
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