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Chilia- - Definition and Overview

Chilia- (pronounced KIL-ee-uh) is the Greek numerical prefix for 1000. The Latin equivalent is mill-. Some words are:

  • chiliad (A group of 1,000 or a millennium)
  • chiliagon (1000 sides)
  • chiliarch (commander of 1000 people)
  • chiliomb (sacrifice of 1000)
  • chilialogy (A series of 1000 related literary works)
  • chiliahedron (A polyhedron bounded by 1000 plane surfaces)
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