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English word origin

Etymology of kopek

Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka.

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noun

A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble. · A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia. · A kapeyka: a Belarusian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble (rubel).

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Borrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kapeyka and kopiyka.

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