What is the unit of money called in America?

Answer 1

There are many different currencies (types of money) in the world. Each has there own unit. Some currencies have the same name but are totally different. Below is a full list of all currencies (monetary units) in the world.

List of currencies

Currency; ISO code; Country or countries using currency

Afghan afghani; AFN; Afghanistan

Albanian lek; ALL; Albania

Algerian dinar; DZD; Algeria

Angolan kwanza; AOA; Angola

Argentine peso; ARS; Argentina

Armenian dram; AMD; Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Aruban florin; AWG; Aruba

Australian dollar; AUD; Australia, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu

Azerbaijani manat; AZN; Azerbaijan

Bahamian dollar; BSD; The Bahamas

Bahraini dinar; BHD; Bahrain

Bangladeshi taka; BDT; Bangladesh

Barbadian dollar; BBD; Barbados

Belarusian ruble; BYR; Belarus

Belize dollar; BZD; Belize

Bermudian dollar; BMD; Bermuda

Bhutanese ngultrum; BTN; Bhutan

Bolivian boliviano; BOB; Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark; BAM; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana pula; BWP; Botswana

Brazilian real; BRL; Brazil

British pound; GBP; United Kingdom, Alderney, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha

Brunei dollar; BND; Brunei, Singapore

Bulgarian lev; BGN; Bulgaria

Burmese kyat; MMK; Burma

Burundian franc; BIF; Burundi

Cambodian riel; KHR; Cambodia

Canadian dollar; CAD; Canada

Cape Verdean escudo; CVE; Cape Verde

Cayman Islands dollar; KYD; Cayman Islands

Central African CFA franc; XAF; Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

CFP franc; XPF; French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna

Chilean peso; CLP; Chile

Chinese yuan; CNY; People's Republic of China

Colombian peso; COP; Colombia

Comorian franc; KMF; Comoros

Congolese franc; CDF; Democratic Republic of the Congo

Costa Rican colón; CRC; Costa Rica

Croatian kuna; HRK; Croatia

Cuban convertible peso; CUC; Cuba

Cuban peso; CUP; Cuba

Czech koruna; CZK; Czech Republic

Danish krone; DKK; Denmark, Faroe Islands

Djiboutian franc; DJF; Djibouti

Dominican peso; DOP; Dominican Republic

East Caribbean dollar; XCD; Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Egyptian pound; EGP; Egypt

Eritrean nakfa; ERN; Eritrea

Ethiopian birr; ETB; Ethiopia

Euro; EUR; Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Vatican City

Fijian dollar; FJD; Fiji

Gambian dalasi; GMD; The Gambia

Georgian lari; GEL; Georgia

Ghana cedi; GHS; Ghana

Guatemalan quetzal; GTQ; Guatemala

Guinean franc; GNF; Guinea

Guyanese dollar; GYD; Guyana

Haitian gourde; HTG; Haiti

Honduran lempira; HNL; Honduras

Hong Kong dollar; HKD; Hong Kong (China)

Hungarian forint; HUF; Hungary

Icelandic króna; ISK; Iceland

Indian rupee; INR; India

Indonesian rupiah; IDR; Indonesia

Iranian rial; IRR; Iran

Iraqi dinar; IQD; Iraq

Israeli new shekel; ILS; Israel, Palestine

Jamaican dollar; JMD; Jamaica

Japanese yen; JPY; Japan

Jordanian dinar; JOD; Jordan

Kazakhstani tenge; KZT; Kazakhstan

Kenyan shilling; KES; Kenya

Kuwaiti dinar; KWD; Kuwait

Kyrgyzstani som; KGS; Kyrgyzstan

Lao kip; LAK; Laos

Latvian lats; LVL; Latvia

Lebanese pound; LBP; Lebanon

Lesotho loti; LSL; Lesotho

Liberian dollar; LRD; Liberia

Libyan dinar; LYD; Libya

Lithuanian litas; LTL; Lithuania

Macanese pataca; MOP; Macau (China)

Macedonian denar; MKD; Macedonia

Malagasy ariary; MGA; Madagascar

Malawian kwacha; MWK; Malawi

Malaysian ringgit; MYR; Malaysia

Maldivian rufiyaa; MVR; Maldives

Mauritanian ouguiya; MRO; Mauritania

Mauritian rupee; MUR; Mauritius

Mexican peso; MXN; Mexico

Moldovan leu; MDL; Moldova

Mongolian tögrög; MNT; Mongolia

Moroccan dirham; MAD; Morocco

Mozambican metical; MZN; Mozambique

Namibian dollar; NAD; Namibia

Nepalese rupee; NPR; Nepal

Netherlands Antillean guilder; ANG; Curaçao, Sint Maarten

New Taiwan dollar; TWD; Taiwan (Republic of China)

New Zealand dollar; NZD; New Zealand, Cook Islands, Niue, Pitcairn Islands

Nicaraguan córdoba; NIO; Nicaragua

Nigerian naira; NGN; Nigeria

North Korean won; KPW; North Korea

Norwegian krone; NOK; Norway

Omani rial; OMR; Oman

Pakistani rupee; PKR; Pakistan

Panamanian balboa; PAB; Panama

Papua New Guinean kina; PGK; Papua New Guinea

Paraguayan guaraní; PYG; Paraguay

Peruvian nuevo sol; PEN; Peru

Philippine peso; PHP; Philippines

Polish złoty; PLN; Poland

Qatari riyal; QAR; Qatar

Romanian leu; RON; Romania

Russian ruble; RUB; Russia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia

Rwandan franc; RWF; Rwanda

Salvadoran colón; SVC; El Salvador

Samoan tālā; WST; Samoa

São Tomé and Príncipe dobra; STD; São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi riyal; SAR; Saudi Arabia

Serbian dinar; RSD; Serbia

Seychellois rupee; SCR; Seychelles

Sierra Leonean leone; SLL; Sierra Leone

Singapore dollar; SGD; Singapore, Brunei

Solomon Islands dollar; SBD; Solomon Islands

Somali shilling; SOS; Somalia

Somaliland shilling; None; Somaliland

South African rand; ZAR; South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe

South Korean won; KRW; South Korea

South Sudanese pound; SSP; South Sudan

Sri Lankan rupee; LKR; Sri Lanka

Sudanese pound; SDG; Sudan

Surinamese dollar; SRD; Suriname

Swazi lilangeni; SZL; Swaziland

Swedish krona; SEK; Sweden

Swiss franc; CHF; Switzerland, Liechtenstein

Syrian pound; SYP; Syria

Tajikistani somoni; TJS; Tajikistan

Tanzanian shilling; TZS; Tanzania

Thai baht; THB; Thailand

Tongan paʻanga; TOP; Tonga

Transnistrian ruble; None; Transnistria

Trinidad and Tobago dollar; TTD; Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisian dinar; TND; Tunisia

Turkish lira; TRY; Turkey, Northern Cyprus

Turkmenistan manat; TMT; Turkmenistan

Ugandan shilling; UGX; Uganda

Ukrainian hryvnia; UAH; Ukraine

United Arab Emirates dirham; AED; United Arab Emirates

United States dollar; USD; United States, Bonaire, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Turks and Caicos Islands

Uruguayan peso; UYU; Uruguay

Uzbekistani som; UZS; Uzbekistan

Vanuatu vatu; VUV; Vanuatu

Venezuelan bolívar; VEF; Venezuela

Vietnamese đồng; VND; Vietnam

West African CFA franc; XOF; Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo

Yemeni rial; YER; Yemen

Zambian kwacha; ZMK; Zambia

Answer 2

The US Dollar is the basic unit of currency.

Answer 3

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