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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GILLION

From g(iga-) + (m)illion.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GILLION

gillion  [ˈdʒɪljən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GILLION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gillion is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GILLION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Indefinite and fictitious numbers

Many languages have words expressing indefinite and fictitious numbers — inexact terms of indefinite size, used for comic effect, for exaggeration, as placeholder names, or when precision is unnecessary or undesirable. One technical term for such words is "non-numerical vague quantifier".

Definition of gillion in the English dictionary

The definition of gillion in the dictionary is one thousand million US and Canadian equivalent: billion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GILLION


alien
ˈeɪljən
billion
ˈbɪljən
Brazilian
brəˈzɪljən
carillon
kəˈrɪljən
Castilian
kæˈstɪljən
civilian
sɪˈvɪljən
cotillon
kəˈtɪljən
gazillion
ɡəˈzɪljən
jillion
ˈdʒɪljən
million
ˈmɪljən
multibillion
ˈmʌltɪˈbɪljən
multimillion
ˈmʌltɪˈmɪljən
pavilion
pəˈvɪljən
pillion
ˈpɪljən
postillion
pɒˈstɪljən
quintillion
kwɪnˈtɪljən
trillion
ˈtrɪljən
vermilion
vəˈmɪljən
vermillion
vəˈmɪljən
zillion
ˈzɪljən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GILLION

gillaroo
giller
Gilles de la Tourette syndrome
Gilles de Retz
Gillespie
gillet
gillflirt
gillie
gillies
gilliflower
Gillingham
gillnet
gillnetter
gillravage
gillravitch
Gillray
gills
gilly
gillyflower
gillyvor

WORDS THAT END LIKE GILLION

Boxer Rebellion
bullion
Champollion
cotillion
gone a million
Great Rebellion
hallion
hellion
lion
medallion
mullion
parts per million
rapscallion
rebellion
rullion
scallion
scullion
skillion
stallion
the Great Rebellion
the Jacobite Rebellion

Synonyms and antonyms of gillion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gillion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GILLION

Find out the translation of gillion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gillion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gillion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吉联
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Gillion
570 millions of speakers

English

gillion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gillion
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gillion
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gillion
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Gillion
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gillion
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Gillion
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gillion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gillion
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gillion
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gillion
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gilan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gillion
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gillion
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लाख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bin milyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Gillion
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gillion
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gillion
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gillion
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

gillion
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Gillion
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

gillion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

GILLION
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gillion

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GILLION»

The term «gillion» is normally little used and occupies the 110.389 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GILLION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gillion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gillion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gillion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GILLION»

Discover the use of gillion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gillion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Treasures of art nouveau: through the collections of ...
An extremely rich Belgian collection of Art Nouveau articles is behind the adventure leading to the conceiving of this book.
Michel Draguet, Anne-Marie Gillion Crowet, 1999
2
The Political Power of Protest: Minority Activism and Shifts ...
This book is the first to provide quantifiable evidence that protest shifts the policy positions of national political leaders for each branch of government.
Daniel Q. Gillion, 2013
3
Social security pensions: development and reform
By providing a balanced assessment and factual review of the praticalities and structure behind various pension schemes around the world, this book assists decision-makers in forming effective, viable pension policy.
C. Gillion, International Labour Office, 2000
4
Texts And Contexts: Reflections in Pacific Islands ...
Neither is overtly comparative, especially Gillion. Solidly empirical, both are untouched by theory, untroubled by introspection about the construction of cross- cultural knowledge, about the difficulty of ascribing motives, of discerning the patterns ...
Doug Munro, Brij V. Lal, 2006
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Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, ...
Test Artillery Test Leaders John Gillion has been employed as an artillery test leader for about 3 years. Prior to being an artillery test leader, Gillion was employed as an artillery tester. Gillion testified that he does not recall being provided any ...
National Labor Relations Board (U S ), 2001
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French Romance of the Later Middle Ages : Gender, Morality, ...
(III) EXEMPLARY WIVES: BIGAMY, FIDELITY, AND THE PURSUIT OF SALVATION IN GILLION DE TRAZEGNIES Paradoxically, given that far more of the narrative in Gillion de Trazegnies114 is devoted to lengthy descriptions of battles than ...
Rosalind Brown-Grant, 2008
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Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish ...
58b LIEVEN VAN LATHEM Gillion's Son in Combat with the Saracen Lucian, folr 134v I we 7* 3a A H_ ' if " ". nu u I 58 LIEVEN VAN LATHEM Roman dc Gillion de Traugnies Antwerp, after 1464 MANUSCRIPT: iii + 237 + iii folios, 37 X 25.5 cm ...
Thomas Kren, Scot McKendrick, 2003
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Georgia Reports
Gillion. Defendant re-introduced WILLIAM S. J ARVIS, who swore: That if he testified in a set of interrogatories previously executed in this case, that the first clearing made on the land in dispute was in 1853, it had reference to the one hundred ...
Georgia. Supreme Court, John Erskine, 1870
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India's Literary History: Essays on the Nineteenth Century
Kenneth L. Gillion, Ahmedabad: A Study in Indian Urban History, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, 1968, p. 18. 2. Gillion, p. 16. 3. Gazetteer of the Bombay Precidency, Vol. IV, Ahmedabad, 1879, pp. 1 13-14. 4.
Stuart H. Blackburn, Vasudha Dalmia, 2004
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Courtly Literature: Culture and Context : Selected Papers ...
L'histoire de Gillion de Trazegnies se rapproche beaucoup de Gilles de Chyn: comme Gilles, dont il serait d'ailleurs le parrain, Gillion est un chevalier hennuyer célèbre, marié à la cousine du comte du Hainaut. Nous retrouvons dans Gillion ...
International Courtly Literature Society. Congress, Keith Busby, Erik Kooper, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GILLION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gillion is used in the context of the following news items.
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'No plan' to prevent shortages of crucial medication
The MEC for health, Gillion Mashego, has denied there were shortages in Mpumalanga's clinics. Similarly, Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»
2
'We are not to blame'
Mpumalanga health MEC Gillion Mashego said he had put plans in place to prevent situations where doctors and nurses commit errors that ... «The New Age Online, Jul 15»
3
OPINION: Promoting Fijian Literary Heritage
K L Gillion's pioneering work Fiji's Indian Immigrants (1962), is dedicated to him. I was privileged to spend an afternoon with him on my first visit ... «Fiji Sun Online, Jul 15»
4
Dirty Bedding and Laundry Pile Up At Kwamhlanga Hospital
This followed an oversight visit at the hospital on Tuesday, just one day after ANC MEC for health Gillion Mashego rejected allegations of ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
5
ANC Western Cape must be 'better prepared' financially
New Western Cape treasurer Maurencia Gillion plans to win back the trust of funders and stabilise the ruling party's finances in the province. «Mail & Guardian Online, Jul 15»
6
Opinion: On the president's tribute to the Charleston 9
A study by Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania found that Obama talked less about race in his first two years of office than any ... «NorthJersey.com, Jun 15»
7
Vanuatu's Graon mo Jastis Pati releases MP spending reports
MPs in Vanuatu's Graon Mo Jastis Pati show their spending reports. From left: Alfred Maoh, Gillion Williams, Ralph Regenvanu, Daniel Nalet. «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
8
New provincial committee elected for WC ANC
Gillion replaced Fezile Calane as treasurer after standing against Hishaam Mahomed. This after Marius Fransman was early this morning ... «News24, Jun 15»
9
ANCWC delegates: “Songezo Mjongile is out!”
... assistant secretary Thandi Manyikivana, and treasurer Maurencia Gillion. Marius Fransman retained his position as provincial chairman. «Jacaranda FM, Jun 15»
10
Barack Obama's Journey to Charleston
A study by Daniel Gillion of the University of Pennsylvania found that Obama talked less about race in his first two years of office than any ... «Bloomberg View, Jun 15»

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