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The following chart lists countries and dependencies along with their capital cities, in English and non-English official language(s). In bold : internationally recognized sovereign states The 193 member states of the United Nations (UN)
List of all Asian currencies Present currency ISO 4217 code Country or dependency (administrating country) Currency sign Fractional unit Russian Ruble [1]: RUB Abkhazia ...
International dollar – hypothetical currency pegged 1:1 to the United States dollar; Jamaican dollar – Jamaica; Kiautschou dollar – Qingdao; Kiribati dollar – Kiribati; Liberian dollar – Liberia; Malaya and British Borneo dollar – Malaya, Singapore, Sarawak, British North Borneo and Brunei; Malayan dollar – Brunei, Malaysia and ...
Its current name originated from the Korean word meaning "capital city", which is believed to be derived from Seorabeol (서라벌; 徐羅伐), which originally referred to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla. Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" has no corresponding hanja (Chinese characters used in the Korean language).
The currency of Singapore is the Singapore dollar (SGD or S$), issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). [268] It has been interchangeable with the Brunei dollar at par value since 1967. [269] MAS manages its monetary policy by allowing the Singapore dollar exchange rate to rise or fall within an undisclosed trading band.
Singapore continued to use the common currency upon joining Malaysia in 1963 and after Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965, [4] but the formal monetary union between Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei stopped in 1967, and Singapore established the Board of Commissioners of Currency, Singapore (BCCS), on 7 April 1967 [5] and issued its ...
The won is the currency of both North and South Korea. "Won" is a cognate of the Chinese currency unit, the yuan (圓 / 圆 / 元), and the Japanese currency unit, the yen (円; ¥), meaning "round object". The won is subdivided into 100 jeon (Korean: 전; Hanja: 錢; RR: jeon; MR: chŏn). Yang is a former Korean currency.
The English name Singapore comes from the Malay name Singapura which is believed to have been derived from Sanskrit meaning "Lion City". [2] [3] Singa comes from the Sanskrit word siṃha (सिंह), which means "lion", and pūra means "city" in Sanskrit and is a common suffix in many Indian place names. [4]