: the basic monetary unit of Croatia from 1994 to 2022
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Croatia dropped the kuna in 2023, and the change was met with widespread stories about rampant inflation — perhaps explaining other countries’ reluctance — although the European Central Bank said that price rises continued on existing trends.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
5 Feb. 2026 All that changed on January 1 when Croatia joined the Eurozone, replacing its historic kuna with the euro.—
Julia Buckley,
CNN,
2 Jan. 2023 Alongside the Uzbek deal, that has included large deals in Chilean peso, Dominican peso, Croatian kuna and Saudi riyal, among others.—
Paul J. Davies,
WSJ,
22 Dec. 2020
Word History
Etymology
Serbian & Croatian (nominative plural kune, genitive plural kunā), literally, marten (the skin of which was used as currency in medieval Slavic cultures)