eiro

Etymology
Adapted from (a reduced form of ), the winner of a contest open to the general public to propose names for the new European currency, with the initial  replaced with, following the pattern of  :.

Noun

 * 1) euro name of the monetary units of the European Monetary Union or Eurozone within the European Union; symbol: €

Usage notes
In 🇨🇬 official documents, the name of the currency (adopted in Latvia in 2014) has to remain, but in other cases the term is used in spoken and written Latvian.