stelo
English
editEtymology
editFrom Esperanto stelo. Doublet of estoile, étoile, and stella.
Noun
editstelo (plural steloj)
- (numismatics) A monetary unit of Esperantists from 1945 to 1993, one of whose aims was to achieve a single world currency.
- 1980 July, COINage, volume 16, number 7, Ventura, Calif.: Behn-Miller Publishers, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 51–52:
- One stelo theoretically equals in value of one kilogram of bread. […] The five steloj, 1959 (60), obverse shows a world globe symbolizing the unity of mankind. […] Most Esperantists use International Reply Coupons for the purposes for which stelo coins were intended, he added.
- 1982 September, Marvin Kay, “Medicine in Numismatics”, in N[orris] Neil Harris, editor, The Numismatist, volume 95, number 9, Colorado Springs, Colo.: American Numismatic Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2237, column 2:
- More patterns were issued in 1959, these in 1-, 5- and 10-steloj denominations. The piece shown here is a 25-steloj coin issued in Poland in 1965.
- 2013, Jay M. Galst, Peter G[erritt] van Alfen, “Ophthalmologists Famous in Other Fields”, in Ophthalmologia: Optica et Visio in Nummis (Hirschberg History of Ophthalmology: The Monographs; 13), Piribebuy, Cordillera: Jean-Paul Wayenborgh; New York, N.Y.: American Numismatic Society, →ISBN, page 137:
- Stelo fantasy coins were minted in several other denominations: a series from 1959, for example, features a bronze 1 stelo, an aluminum-bronze 5 steloj, and a copper-nickel 10 steloj.
- 2024, Roberto Menchaca, “Esperanto in Numismatics”, in Alena Adler, Logan Hall, editors, Usona Esperantisto, number 2024:1, El Cerrito, Calif.: Esperanto-USA, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19, column 1:
- The first coins were minted in 1959 by the Royal Dutch Mint in Utrecht in the denominations of one, five and ten steloj. […] In 1965 a fourth type of coin was added to the former with a nominal value of 25 steloj. […] Silver and gold varieties of the 25-stelo coins were also produced.
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editFurther reading
editEsperanto
editEtymology
editFrom Latin stella. Doublet of astro and astero.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstelo (accusative singular stelon, plural steloj, accusative plural stelojn)
- star
- verda stelo ― green star
- (numismatics) stelo (a unit of Esperanto international currency issued by the Universal League from 1945 to 1993)
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edit- Ido: stelo
Ido
editEtymology
editFrom Esperanto, from Latin stella.
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editNoun
editstelo (plural steli)
Italian
editEtymology
editInherited from Latin stilus. Doublet of stilo and stile, which were borrowed from Latin and French respectively.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editstelo m (plural steli)
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editFurther reading
edit- stelo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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