santim
/ˈsantiːm
/noun
A monetary unit of Latvia, equal to one hundredth of a lat.Much more controversy arose about the name of the coins, whether they should be ‘stotinki’ ‘santims’, or ‘sotnitses’....
- There were no five-santim coins among the counterfeit money found in Latvia last year.
Origin
From Latvian santims, from French centime + the Latvian masculine ending -s.