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chilias.

number 1000, a chiliad, a group of a thousand (things/years);

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈkʰiː.li.as]Classical-Latin[ˈkiː.li.as]
  1. 1000, the number one thousand

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  2. chiliad, a group of 1000 things

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  3. millennium, a group of 1000 years

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰesliyoy Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi Ancient Greek χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás)bor. Latin chīlias Borrowed from Ancient Greek χῑλιάς (khīliás, “a thousand”).

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