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millennium

The correct spelling is millennium.

How to pronounce millennium

/mɪˈlɛnɪəm/
noun

IPA: /mɪˈlɛnɪəm/

Say it like: Mil-len-niu-m

The correct spelling is millennium. A period of time consisting of one thousand years.

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A period of time consisting of one thousand years.
  2. 2.The period of one thousand years during which Christ will reign on earth (according to Millenarianist interpretations).
  3. 3.A period of universal happiness, peace or prosperity; a utopia.
  4. 4.(with definite article) The year in which one period of one thousand years ends and another begins, especially the year 2000.

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