pengö

[ peng-gœ ]

noun,plural pen·gö, pen·gös [peng-gœz]. /ˈpɛŋˌgœz/.
  1. a former silver coin and monetary unit of Hungary, equal to 100 fillér: replaced by the forint in 1946.

Origin of pengö

1
1925–30; <Hungarian: literally, sounding; present participle of pengeni to sound, jingle

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British Dictionary definitions for pengö

pengö

/ (ˈpɛŋɡɜː) /


nounplural -gös
  1. (formerly) the standard monetary unit of Hungary, replaced by the forint in 1946

Origin of pengö

1
from Hungarian, from pengeni to sound

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