The Underground Railroad defied laws in the North as well as the South. At night, away from roads that were patrolled, Tubman tried to follow the North Star and make her way hundreds of miles through dense forests, feeling her way one tree at a time.
The term loonie distinguishes the Canadian currency from other national currencies and is used in the context of the currency markets and foreign exchange trading. The Canadian dollar is called âle dollarâ in Canadian French, and terms such as âpiasseâ and âpiastreâ are equivalent to buck.
Currency Acronyms and Abbreviations. All currencies around the world have an internationally accepted 3 letter acronym. The first 2 letters abbreviate the country name and the last is the currency abbreviation. For example: GBP is Great Britain Pound. This is the ISO 4217 international standard.