Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hrivna

/(hə)ˈrɪvnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hriv-na
IPA: /(hə)ˈrɪvnə/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of hryvnia.

Example Sentences

"Hrivni and karbovantsi came in from the Russian Ukraine, the money of the democratic Peasant Republic. […] The hrivna was to have been equal to an Austrian crown, but even under the Ukrainian administration 100 hrivni were paid for 60 to 70 crowns. The naive claim appeared on the hrivni that they ranked “on an equality with gold,” but the Austrian crowns were truly a reminiscence of a golden age, the symbol of a once-firmly-established order."
"At present the debt for this grows each week by 200 mn hrivni, and it now stands at an overall sum of 4 bn."
"The Ukraine issued a 1999 5-hrivni coin depicting the nativity on the reverse and angels on the obverse."
"UKRAINE 1998, 2 Hrivni"

Etymology

From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja).

Word Breakdown

Root: гри́вня

Inflected Forms

hrivnas (plural) hrivni (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce hrivna?: The recorded pronunciation is /(hə)ˈrɪvnə/.
What does hrivna mean?: Alternative spelling of hryvnia.
Where does hrivna come from?: From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja).

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