What connects these words?... Dram, Colon, Won, Dong, Kip?!

Question: They are all currencies…specifically: Dram (Armenia), Colon (Costa Rica, El Salvadore), Won (North Korea, South Korea), Dong (Vietnam), Kip (Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly Laos)!!!

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Answers: They are all currencies…specifically: Dram (Armenia), Colon (Costa Rica, El Salvadore), Won (North Korea, South Korea), Dong (Vietnam), Kip (Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly Laos)!!!

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Sounds like Vietnamese if you ask me.

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They are all different currencies.

Armenian Dram
El Salvadorian Colon
Korean Won
Vietnamese Dong
Lao Kip

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wee dram ?
small colon?
little won ?
small dong ?
little kip ?

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Those are monetary units.
Dram: Armenia, equal to 100 luma.
Colon: Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica, and 100 centavos in El Salvador.
Won: North and South Korea, equal to 100 jun in NK and 100 jeon in SK.
Dong: Vietnam, equal to 100 xu.
Kip: Laos, equal to 100 ats.

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