florin

Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹɪn/

The English word “florin” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

Any of several gold coins once produced in Florence, Italy; model for the other currencies.
A guilder (pre-Euro currency unit of the Netherlands).
The currency of Aruba, divided into 100 cents, symbol ƒ.
A pre-decimal British coin, worth two shillings or ten new pence.
A pre-decimal Australian, and New Zealand, coin, worth 24 pence or a tenth of a pound.

From Middle English florin, floren, from Old French florin, from Italian fiorino (“little flower”). Doublet of fiorino and forint.

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