Complete Definition of "myriad"

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Etymology
From MF. myriade, from LL. myrias (genitive of myriadis), from AGr. μ��ιάδο� (myriados), genitive of μ��ιά� (myrias) "number of 10,000", from μ��ιο� (myrios) "numberless, countless, infinite".

Adjective
myriad

  1. Great in number; innumerable.

#: The myriad stars were impossible to count.

Translations
trans-top|great in number
Finnish: lukematon, lukuisa
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Hebrew: ר��� (r"vavah) f
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Noun
en-noun

  1. archaic ten thousand|Ten thousand.
  2. A vast diversity or number.

#: Earth hosts a myriad of animals.

Translations
trans-top|ten thousand
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܪ��ܬ� (reb�th�, reb�tho) f
:Hebrew: ר��ת� (reb�th�, reb�tho) f
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Japanese: �����pronounced "mahn"
Vietnamese: vạn
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trans-top|a vast diversity or number
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܪ��ܬ� (reb�th�, reb�tho) f
:Hebrew: ר��ת� (reb�th�, reb�tho) f
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Dutch: een groot aantal
Finnish: suunnaton määrä, myriadi, lukematon määrä
Icelandic: mýgrútur m, urmull f, ótal n, ógrynni n, aragrúi m
Spanish: miríada f
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