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Complete Definition of "myriad"

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Etymology
From MF. myriade, from LL. myrias (genitive of myriadis), from AGr. μυριάδος (myriados), genitive of μυριάς (myrias) "number of 10,000", from μύριος (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: רבבה (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: ܪܒܘܬܐ (rebōthā, rebōtho) f
:Hebrew: רבותא (rebōthā, rebōtho) f
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Japanese: 万(まん)pronounced "mahn"
Vietnamese: vạn
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trans-top|a vast diversity or number
Aramaic:
:Syriac: ܪܒܘܬܐ (rebōthā, rebōtho) f
:Hebrew: רבותא (rebōthā, rebōtho) 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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