millennium
noun/mɪˈleniəm/
/mɪˈleniəm/
(plural millennia
/mɪˈleniə/
/mɪˈleniə/
, millenniums)- a period of 1 000 years, especially as calculated before or after the birth of Christ
- the second millennium AD
- For millennia, it was accepted that the earth was at the centre of the universe.
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- the millenniumthe time when one period of 1 000 years ends and another begins
- How did you celebrate the millennium?
Word Originmid 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Latin mille ‘thousand’, on the pattern of biennium.
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