Word of the Day – ZLOTY

ZLOTY /ZLOH.tee or ZWOH.tee/ n. the basic monetary unit of Poland

Word of the Day ZLOTY

The zloty is often used as its own plural, but other acceptable plurals (in Scrabble at least!) are ZLOTYS, ZLOTYCH, ZLOTIES, and ZLOTE.

As with many decimal currencies, the zloty is subdivided into 100 units, each called a GROSZ (pl. GROSZY), which is why you’ll also see coins like this one…

Word of the Day ZLOTY 50 GROSZY

The grosz was named after an older Polish coin on which it was modeled, called a GROSCHEN.

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