Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Milliard"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Milliard \Mil`liard"\, n. [F., from mille, mil, thousand, L.
mille.]
A thousand millions; -- called also {billion}. See {Billion}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
milliard
n : (British) a billion; "in England they call one thousand
million a milliard"
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