Crore
करोड
KROHR
Crore (करोड) is a Hindi-origin word used in Indian English, meaning ten million; a unit in the Indian numbering system. In crosswords it is the 5-letter answer CRORE (5).
Appears as an answer in MG Mini #448.
Meaning & usage
A crore is a term used in the Indian numbering system to denote ten million (10,000,000). It is commonly used in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal for expressing large sums of money and population figures. The term is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Koti', which also means ten million.
In a sentence
The project was funded with a budget of five crore rupees.
Crore as a crossword answer
Crore is a 5-letter answer. A typical clue:
“Ten million; a unit in the Indian numbering system” (5)
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