noun
pl. kro′nor· the basic monetary unit of Sweden
Origin of krona
Swedish from Classical Latin corona, crownkrona
króna
noun
pl. kró′nur the basic monetary unit of Iceland
Origin of króna
Icelandic from Classical Latin corona, crownWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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krona
noun
pl. kro·nur,Origin of krona
Icelandic króna from Old Norse krūna from Middle Low German krūne, krōne ultimately from Latin corōna wreath, crown (from the crown printed on the coin) ; see crown .noun
pl. kro·nor,Origin of krona
Swedish from Old Swedish krōna from Middle Low German krūne, krōne ; see krona 1.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Usage notes
Krona is the Swedish spelling, plural: kronor. Króna is the Icelandic spelling, plural: krónur. Krone is the Danish and Norwegian Bokmål spelling, plural: kroner. In Norwegian Nynorsk, both the Bokmål and the Swedish spellings are allowed, but the Swedish spellings is a bracket form.
Origin
See also: krónaFrom Swedish krona (“crown”).
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krona - Investment & Finance Definition
The currency unit of Iceland, comprised of 100 aurar, and Sweden, comprised of 100 øre.
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Sentence Examples
- The counting unit in the Swedish coinage is the krona, equal to i i shilling.
- The krona equals Ioo Ore.
- Silver pieces of 2 and i krona, 50, 25 and 10 Ore are struck, and bronze pieces of 5, 2, 'and i ore.