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see|Nonillion
English

Etymology
From the prefix non- (nine) + -illion (from million), meaning 'the ninth power of a million'.

Pronunciation
:rhymes|ɪlj�n

Cardinal number
nonillion

1. (US; modern British & Australian, w:Long and short scales|short scale) 10³⁰.
2. (dated British & Australian, w:Long and short scales|long scale) 10⁵⁴.

Western (Arabic) Numeral nonillion, 10³⁰ w:Long and short scales|short scale, 10⁵⁴ w:Long and short scales|long scale
*Previous: octillion: w:Long and short scales|short scale 10²⁷, w:Long and short scales|long scale 10⁴⁸
*Next: decillion: w:Long and short scales|short scale 10³³, w:Long and short scales|long scale 10⁶⁰

Quotations
2002 CE: James C. Mayer, �Student-Led Poetry Workshops� (which appears in �The English Journal�, volume 91, number 3, �Teaching and Writing Poetry�)
:�I then looked into the zatetic forest behind it / And saw a nonillion, no, a novemdecillion of them!�.

Synonyms
10³⁰: a w:Long and short scales|long scale quintillion
10⁵⁴: a w:Long and short scales|short scale septendecillion

Translations
trans-top|10³⁰
German: Quintillion f, Quinquillion f
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Japanese: �穣 (������, hyakuj�)
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trans-top|10⁵⁴
German: Nonillion f
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