Plural form of cruziero; an alternative plural of the Brazilian monetary unit cruzeiro.
From the variant 'cruziero' plus English plural '-s,' or anglicized Portuguese plural of the variant form.
Historical documents show that plural forms of foreign currency were even more variable than singular forms—'cruzieros,' 'cruzeiros,' and 'cruzados' all appear in the same ledgers.
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