markka

[ UK /mˈɑːkɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈmɑɹkə/ ]
NOUN
  1. formerly the basic unit of money in Finland
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How To Use markka In A Sentence

  • Last year, Finland gave 7 million markkaa (dlrs 1.5 million) in humanitarian aid to the ANC. ANC Daily News Briefing
  • In June 1991 Helsinki had tied the markka to the European Union's (EU) European Currency Unit (ECU) to promote stability. The 1994 CIA World Factbook
  • If you were a counterfeiter in Finland before the euro, and you wanted to counterfeit the markka, after about half an hour you would have produced enough to saturate the market.
  • Ongoing speculation resulting from a lack of confidence in the government's policies forced Helsinki to devalue the markka by about The 1995 CIA World Factbook
  • Finland: markka (FIM); euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Finland at a fixed rate of 5.94573 markkaa per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002 The 2001 CIA World Factbook
  • The markka, or Finnmark, is the basic monetary unit.
  • Exchange rates: markkaa (FMk) per US$1 -- 5.12 (January 1999), The 1999 CIA Factbook
  • Currency: markka (FIM); euro (EUR) note: on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Finland at a fixed rate of 5.94573 markkaa per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002 The 2001 CIA World Factbook
  • The Canucks added to their lead on the power play just two minutes into the second, after Sedin deflected a point shot out of the air into the top corner past Markkanen. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Vancouver vs. Edmonton
  • When the Finns cut their markka loose from the Deutsche mark on Sept. 8 so their domestic interest rates could fall, Europe yawned at the news. Europe In Pieces
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