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co⋅peck

[koh-pek]
–noun
kopeck.

ko⋅peck

[koh-pek]
–noun
an aluminum-bronze coin of Russia, the Soviet Union, and its successor states, the 100th part of a ruble.
Also, kopek, copeck.


Origin:
1690–1700; < Russ kopéĭka, equiv. to kopʾë lance, spear + -ka dim. suffix; so called from the lance with which the figure on the coin was armed
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co·peck   (kō'pěk)   
n.  Variant of kopek.
ko·pek or ko·peck also co·peck   (kō'pěk)   
n.  See Table at currency.

[Russian kopeĭka, from Middle Russian kopeika, from kopie, spear (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478).]
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Word Origin & History

kopeck 
1/100 of a ruble, from Rus. kopeika, from kop'e "lance" (cognate with Gk. kopis "chopper, cleaver"); so called because the coin showed the czar with lance in hand.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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