millennium

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

Noun

millennium (plural millennia)

1. A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
2. (Christianity) The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
3. A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
4. (with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

Synonyms

• yearthousand
• kiloyear (kyr)
• kiloannum (ka)

Translations

• French: millénaire
• German: Jahrtausend, Millennium
• Italian: millennio
• Portuguese: milénio, milênio
• Russian: тысячеле́тие
• Spanish: milenio

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