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millennium

Also known as millennia, chiliad

A millennium () is a period of one thousand years, one hundred decades, or ten centuries, It is also sometimes called a kiloannum (ka) or kiloyear (ky).

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A millennium is a period of one thousand years, which can also be expressed as one hundred decades or ten centuries. The term is occasionally referred to by the scientific names kiloannum or kiloyear, and it's used as a standard unit of time for discussing historical and future periods.

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Commons category: Millennia
Wikidata time precision: 6
conversion to standard unit: 1000
exact match: www.w3.org/TR/owl-time/#time:unitMillenium
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A millennium () is a period of one thousand years, one hundred decades, or ten centuries, It is also sometimes called a kiloannum (ka) or kiloyear (ky).

Normally, the word is used specifically for periods of a thousand years that begin at the starting point (initial reference point) of the calendar in consideration and at later years that are whole number multiples of a thousand years after the start point. The term can also refer to an interval of time beginning on any date. Millennia sometimes have religious or theological implications (see millenarianism).