millennia

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Noun

millennia

  1. plural of millennium

Noun

millennia (plural millennia or millennias)

  1. (nonstandard) a single period of 1000 years, a millennium
    • 2006, “Unearthing Mysteries”, in Radio 4, retrieved 2024-08-15:
      Could its existence mean the ancient Greeks knew the Earth moved round the Sun more than a millennia before Copernicus brought it to the world in the sixteenth century?
    • 2015 September 30, Lidija McKnight, “The crocodile with eight heads”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2024-08-15:
      In ancient Egypt, at the turn of the first millennia, animal mummies were produced in vast numbers as offerings to the pantheon of gods.

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Dutch

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Noun

millennia

  1. plural of millennium

Latin

Noun

mīllennia

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mīllennium