Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hryvnia

/(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: hryv-nia
IPA: /(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.

Example Sentences

"[…] Ukrainian postage stamps are to be used in values of 10, 20, 40 hryven of which the total number of 13,005 pieces are prepared for this purpose and surcharged Courier and Field Post, […]"
"The liabilities of the Ukraine stand at 122 billion rubles, nearly 90 billion rubles on the accounts of its populace. If this whole sum were exchanged for national currency, then all the chaos which existed in the ruble would continue with the new hryven."
"Poltava GOK supervisors obtained the highest median monthly incomes at 450 hryven (84.43 EUR/USD), which was 85 hryven above Ukraine’s 2002 subsistence minimum."

Etymology

From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.

Word Breakdown

Root: гри́вня

Inflected Forms

hryvnias (plural) hryvni (plural) hryven (plural) grivna (alternative) gryvna (alternative) hryvnya (alternative) hrivna (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hryvnia?: The recorded pronunciation is /(hə)ˈrɪvnjə/.
What does hryvnia mean?: The currency of Ukraine, symbol ₴, divided into 100 kopiykas.
Where does hryvnia come from?: From Ukrainian гри́вня (hrývnja). Doublet of grivna and grzywna.

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