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euro¹
- /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/ UK
- /ˈjʊɹoʊ/ US
- /ˈjɝoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ʊəɹəʊ, -ʊɹoʊ
Where it comes from
The name euro was the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, and as such is technically a neologism, although it obviously alludes to the common root of geographical names for the continent Europe, derived from Latin Europa, from Ancient Greek Εὐρώπη (Eurṓpē), the name in Greek mythology of a princess, abducted by Zeus as a bull across the Bosporus. According to the official story, the term was coined by Belgian teacher and esperantist Germain Pirlot in 1995, who suggested it in a letter to Jacques Santer, then President of the European Commission.
euro²
- /ˈjʊəɹəʊ/ UK
- /ˈjʊɹoʊ/ US
- /ˈjɝoʊ/ US
Rhymes with -ʊəɹəʊ, -ʊɹoʊ
Where it comes from
From Adnyamathanha yuru, thuru.
noun euros
- Any member of the species Macropus robustus of macropods; a wallaroo.
Euro³
adjective more Euro · most Euro
- Clipping of European
noun Euros · Euro
- Alternative spelling of euro, the currency and coin introduced 1999.
- The UEFA European Football Championship, a European football competition held between the international teams of Europe every four years. England could have met world and European champions Spain but that eventuality was avoided by Sweden's 2-0 win against France, and Rooney's first goal in a major tournament since scoring twice in the 4-2 victory over Croatia in Lisbon at Euro 2004.
- Clipping of European Gee, you mean that a Euro cannot have an email account elsewhere. I guess my account in France makes me French when I use it from Paris?
Euro⁴
Where it comes from
Named after the euro (macropod species).
proper noun
- A ghost town in Western Australia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: euroland, eurozone, coin, ecu, regional, dollar, ecb, currency, monetary, pound, rates, european, rate, europe, europa, copa
Translations
Talk about this word "euro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/euro. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. euro. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/euro "euro." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/euro.Cite this
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title = {euro},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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