hryvnia
noun
hryv·nia ˈ(h)riv-nē-ə 
variants or less commonly hryvna
ˈ(h)riv-nə
plural hryvnia or hryvnias also hryvna or hryvnas
the basic monetary unit of Ukraine see Money Table
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The National Bank of Ukraine imposed capital controls and pegged Ukraine’s currency, the hryvnia, to the dollar at a level that didn’t allow import costs and inflation to skyrocket. 
Marcus Walker, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Occupation forces patrol in markets to warn those trying to use the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, in transactions. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 The hryvnia rate is set at 36.5686 per dollar, 25% lower than the level at which it has been frozen for the past five months, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Thursday. Bloomberg.com, 21 July 2022 Ukraine’s economy may shrink at least 30% this year, with the hryvnia being under increasing pressure. Maciej Onoszko, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 Come Back Alive, which has been active since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, has donated drones, heat visors, flak jackets and other equipment worth over 700 million hryvnia, equivalent to around $23 million, to the army. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022 Ukraine’s national currency is called the hryvnia after the hexagonal silver ingots produced in Kyiv in the 11th and 12th centuries. Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022 As early as April, Russian forces occupying Kherson — the first major Ukrainian city captured by invading forces — were attempting to transition the local economy from the Ukrainian hryvnia to the Russian ruble. Grayson Quay, The Week, 22 July 2022 The ministry added that the new government has announced a transition from Ukraine's hryvnia currency to the Russian ruble. NBC News, 1 May 2022 See More
Marcus Walker, WSJ, 13 Sep. 2022 Occupation forces patrol in markets to warn those trying to use the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia, in transactions. BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022 The hryvnia rate is set at 36.5686 per dollar, 25% lower than the level at which it has been frozen for the past five months, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Thursday. Bloomberg.com, 21 July 2022 Ukraine’s economy may shrink at least 30% this year, with the hryvnia being under increasing pressure. Maciej Onoszko, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2022 Come Back Alive, which has been active since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea, has donated drones, heat visors, flak jackets and other equipment worth over 700 million hryvnia, equivalent to around $23 million, to the army. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022 Ukraine’s national currency is called the hryvnia after the hexagonal silver ingots produced in Kyiv in the 11th and 12th centuries. Ellen Feingold, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2022 As early as April, Russian forces occupying Kherson — the first major Ukrainian city captured by invading forces — were attempting to transition the local economy from the Ukrainian hryvnia to the Russian ruble. Grayson Quay, The Week, 22 July 2022 The ministry added that the new government has announced a transition from Ukraine's hryvnia currency to the Russian ruble. NBC News, 1 May 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Ukrainian gryvnya 3-kopeck coin of pre-independence Ukraine, from Old Russian grivĭna necklace, ring, weight, coin, from griva mane
First Known Use
1991, in the meaning defined above