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millennium

 
 
/mɪˈleniəm/ noun [C] (plural millennia)

Translation

a period of 1000 years, often calculated from the date when Christ is thought to have been born
binyıl, binyıllık dönem
15751574
the Millennium the change from the year 1999 to 2000 in the Western calendar
Binyıl, Milenyum
Where did you celebrate the Millennium?15751574
(Definition of millennium noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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