Koruna

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The koruna (the word in some Slavic languages for crown) is the name of several European currencies and former currencies:

Contents 1 Current 2 Obsolete 3 Other currencies and coins 4 Other uses

[edit] Current

• Czech koruna

[edit] Obsolete

• Austro-Hungarian krone (localized as koruna in Czech/Slovak)
• Bohemian and Moravian koruna
• Czechoslovak koruna
• Hungarian korona (localized as koruna in Slovak)
• Slovak koruna

[edit] Other currencies and coins

The word koruna means crown in English. The currencies of some other European countries have similar etymologies; see

• Crown (British coin)
• Krona
• Krone

[edit] Other uses

Moreover, the word has been used as a local name:

• Koruna, a village in the Czech Republic
• Zlatá Koruna, a village in the Czech Republic
  • Zlatá Koruna monastery, a Middle-Age monastery in Zlatá Koruna

There is also a monarchist political party in the Czech Republic, which uses the word koruna in its name:

• Koruna česká (Monarchistická strana Čech, Moravy a Slezska) – Czech crown (Monarchist party of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia)

v • d • e Currencies named Crowns or similar Circulating Czech koruna  · Danish krone  · Estonian kroon  · Faroese króna  · Icelandic króna · Norwegian krone  · Swedish krona Obsolete Austrian krone  · Austrian Netherlands kronenthaler  · Austro-Hungarian krone  · Bohemian and Moravian koruna  · Czechoslovak koruna  · Greenlandic krone  · Hungarian korona  · Liechtenstein krone  · Slovak koruna  · Yugoslav krone As a denomination British crown · Kronenthaler

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