millennium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.3.2 Derived terms 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From post-classical Latin millennium, from Latin mīlle (“‘thousand’”) + -ennium (from annus (“‘year’”)).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

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millennium (plural millennia or millenniums)

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 some interpretations of Revelation 20:1-5).
3. A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 318:

     But the aggressive members of society are always tending to become bullies, robbers, and swindlers; and no one believes that sucha state of things as we now live in is the millennium.

4. (with definite article) The year 2000.

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• millennial
• millennium bug

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[edit] Noun

millennium n. (plural millennia)

1. millennium