millenniums or millennia

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• millennium —  Note nn . The preferred plural is millenniums, but millennia is also accepted …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

• millennium — [mi len′ē əm] n. pl. millenniums or millennia [mi len′ēə] [ModL < L mille, thousand + annus, year (after L biennium): see ANNUAL] 1. any period of 1,000 years [2000 B.C. through 1001 B.C. is the 2d millennium B.C.] 2. a period of 1,000 years… …   English World dictionary

• millennium — n. (pl. millenniums or millennia) 1 a period of 1,000 years, esp. that of Christ s prophesied reign in person on earth (Rev. 20:1 5). 2 a period of good government, great happiness, and prosperity. Derivatives: millennial adj. millennialist n. &… …   Useful english dictionary

• millennium — /məˈlɛniəm / (say muh leneeuhm) noun (plural millennia /məˈlɛniə/ (say muh leneeuh) or millenniums) 1. a period of a thousand years. 2. one of the successive periods of 1000 years reckoned forwards or backwards from a recognised chronological… …  

• Simian immunodeficiency virus — Virus classification Group: Group VI (ssRNA RT) Family: Retroviridae Genus: Lentivirus …   Wikipedia

• Kurgan — ( ru. курган) is the Russian word (of Turkic origin [specifically of Tatar original according to the OED. TDK Dictionary: [http://www.tdk.gov.tr/TR/SozBul.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFFAAF6AA849816B2EF05A79F75456518CA Kelime=kurgan Kurgan] ; The word… …   Wikipedia

• millennium — /mi len ee euhm/, n., pl. millenniums, millennia / nee euh/. 1. a period of 1000 years. 2. the millennium, the period of a thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth. Rev. 20:1 7. 3. a period of general righteousness and happiness,… …   Universalium

• Origin of AIDS — False color scanning electron micrograph of HIV 1, in green, budding from cultured lymphocyte. AIDS is caused by the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non human primates in Sub Saharan Africa and was transferred to humans… …   Wikipedia

• millennium — [[t]mɪle̱niəm[/t]] millenniums, millennia (plural) 1) N COUNT A millennium is a period of one thousand years, especially one which begins and ends with a year ending in 000 , for example the period from the year 1000 to the year 2000. [FORMAL] 2) …   English dictionary

• millennium — [mɪ lɛnɪəm] noun (plural millennia nɪə or millenniums) 1》 a period of a thousand years, especially when calculated from the traditional date of the birth of Christ.     ↘(the millennium) Christian Theology the prophesied thousand year reign of… …   English new terms dictionary

• millennium — UK [mɪˈlenɪəm] / US noun [countable] Word forms millennium : singular millennium plural millennia UK [mɪˈlenɪə] / US or millenniums a period of 1,000 years a) the beginning of a period of 1,000 years People celebrating the millennium filled the… …   English dictionary