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noun
A group of 1000 things, particularly
Synonym of chiliarchy: a group of 1000 soldiers commanded by a chiliarch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: chiliarchy
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A group of 1000 things, particularly
Synonym of millennium: a period of 1000 years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: millennium
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: thousand, one thousand, 1000, M, K, G, grand, thou, yard
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
Narrower terms: millenary
History
From Latin chilias (“the number 1000, a group of 1000 things”), possibly via French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, “the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium”), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, “1000”) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, “-ad: forming collective nouns”). Equivalent to chilia- + -ad.
