Meaning

noun 100 kopecks equal 1 ruble in Russia

originBorrowed from Russian копе́йка (kopéjka), from копьё (kopʹjó, “spear”) (from the image of a rider with a spear on the coins minted by Moscow after the capture of Novgorod in 1478). Doublet of kopeika, kopiyka, and kapeek.

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