mille

a thousand

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A compact comparison of two recognizable year calendars, dated 1000 and 2000, joined by a single span bracket to make the thousand-year interval the subject rather than either date alone.

noun

millennium

mih-LEN-ee-um/mɪˈleniəm/

A span of a thousand years.

Etymology

millLatinthousand

+enniumLatinyear

The pieces mean “thousand” and “year.” Originally naming the anticipated thousand-year reign of Christ, the word broadened to any period of one thousand years.

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