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The hryvnia is divided into 100 kopiykas (singular kopiyka).

The hryvnia symbol is a cursive Cyrillic letter Ge, with a double horizontal stroke symbolizing stability. Hryvnia is abbreviated HRN (грн), or by the ISO 4217 currency code UAH, or 980. The hryvnia sign '₴' [may not be rendered in all browsers] has been accepted for encoding in Unicode as U+20B4 in 2004.

Hryvnia/grivna was used as currency in Kievan Rus' in the 11th century. The word hryvnia (or grivna) was derived from the Slavic griva. Originally the word meant neck as opposed to the current mane. Hryvnia meant something valuable worn around the neck, usually made of silver or goldFor alternative meanings, see gold (disambiguation Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Au ( L. aurum and atomic number 79. A soft, shiny, yellow, heavy, malleable, ductile (trivalent and univalent) transition metal, gold d. Later the word was used to describe silver or gold ingots of a certain weight. The other lesser currency units were nogata — a fur of a large animal such as a bearFor other meanings, see Bear (disambiguation). Ailuropoda Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus A bear is a large mammal of the order Carnivora, family Ursidae . The adjective, ursine is used to describe things of bearlike nature. Physical attributes Common character or a wolfThe Wolf or Grey Wolf Canis lupus is a mammal of the Canidae family and the ancestor of the domestic dog. Wolves once had an almost worldwide distribution, but are now limited primarily to North America, Eurasia, and the Middle East. Their preference on h, kuna — a fur of smaller animals, like minkThe mink is a mammal in the family Mustelidae, closely related to the weasel. The term "mink" refers to any of several dark-colored, semi-aquatic, carnivorous mustelids in various subgenera of genus Mustela. The name may have originated in the Swedish mae or sableSable : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae Martes zibellina Binomial name ''Martes zibellina The sable a small quadruped, closely akin to the martens, and known by the zoological names of Martes zibellina or Mustela zibellina originat (compare Croatian kunaKuna is the name of the currency used in Croatia. Currency code is HRK . One kuna equals 100 lipa. One euro equals around 7. 35 kuna (July 2004). The word kuna means " marten" in Croatian, while the word lipa means " linden". It has no relation to the var), and the cheapest was veksha — a fur of a squirrelSeveral, see text Squirrel is the common name for rodents of the family Sciuridae. In everyday speech in the English-speaking world it usually refers to members of the genera Sciurus and Tamasciurus''. These typical members of the family are tree squirrel.

In 2004 the National Bank of Ukraine has officially recommended to distinguish between hryvnia and hryvna in both historical and practical means. Linguistic researches cited to prove that hryvnia refers to medieval currency and hryvna to the female decoration of that time. The proper name for modern Ukrainian currency is гривня (hryvnia).