LOONIE


Meaning of LOONIE in English

/ ˈluːni; NAmE / noun

( CanE ) the Canadian dollar or a Canadian one-dollar coin

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WORD ORIGIN

from the bird loon (because of the image on the coin) + -ie .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.