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Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: arab
"दुनिया की आबादी आठ अरब से अधिक है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The cardinal number equivalent to the product of a thousand and a million (1,000,000,000 or 10^9).
"The global population has surpassed eight billion people." - 2
A very large, indefinite number.
"There are a billion things we need to discuss before the meeting."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'billion' originated in the late 17th century from the French word 'billion', which itself was derived from 'bi-' meaning 'two' and 'illion', a suffix used in large number names. Initially, it referred to a million million (1,000,000,000,000) in some countries but has since standardized to mean one thousand million (1,000,000,000) in English-speaking countries.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Billion" is said worldwide
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milliard
Transliteration: mil.jaʁ
"La population mondiale approche les huit milliards."
Billiarde
Transliteration: bɪˈli̯aʁdə
Script: Milliarde
"Die Weltbevölkerung hat acht Milliarden erreicht."
miliardo
Transliteration: miˈljar.do
"La popolazione mondiale ha superato gli otto miliardi."
mil millones
Transliteration: mil miˈlje.nes
"La población mundial supera los ocho mil millones."
milhão de milhões
Transliteration: miˈlɐ̃w dʒi miˈljo.nɨʃ
Script: milhões
"A população mundial ultrapassou oito bilhões."
अरब
Transliteration: arab
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"दुनिया की आबादी आठ अरब से अधिक है।"
十亿
Transliteration: shí yì
Script: 中文汉字
"世界人口已经超过了八十亿。"
십억
Transliteration: sib-eok
Script: 한국어 한글
"세계 인구는 80억 명을 넘어섰다."
十億
Transliteration: jū oku
Script: 日本語
"世界人口は80億人を超えた。"
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