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1. The basic monetary unit of many members of the European Union and some overseas territories; in 2002 twelve European nations (Germany, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Greece, Austria, Finland) adopted the euro as their basic unit of money and abandoned their traditional currencies; Slovenia, Cyprus, Malta, Slovakia and the Baltic states joined later
   - EUR
    
2. [Austral] Any one of several species of kangaroos of the genus Macropus, especially Macropus robustus (common wallaroo)
   - wallaroo

1. Europe, European, European Union

Derived forms: euros

See also: Euroland, Eurozone

Type of: genus Macropus, Macropus, monetary unit

Encyclopedia: Euro, Western Australia