Millennium

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Millennium is a term commonly used to denote a period of one thousand years, often associated with major historical or celebratory milestones such as the turn of the year 2000.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Millennium canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf calendar term ⓘ
temporal unit ⓘ
time period ⓘ
alternativeSpelling millenium (common misspelling) ⓘ
calendarContext can be counted from a reference year such as the birth of Christ in the Gregorian calendar ⓘ
commonlyAssociatedWith celebratory milestones ⓘ
major historical milestones ⓘ
turn of the year 2000 ⓘ
commonlyMarkedBy public celebrations at the change of thousand-year counts ⓘ
culturalSignificance often linked to apocalyptic or prophetic expectations ⓘ
often used in religious eschatology ⓘ
denotes period of one thousand years ⓘ
etymologyFrom Latin word "annus" meaning "year" ⓘ
Latin word "mille" meaning "thousand" ⓘ
hasConceptualUse in discussions of human civilization timescales ⓘ
in long-term planning and forecasting ⓘ
hasDuration 1000 years ⓘ
hasOrdinalForm first millennium ⓘ
second millennium ⓘ
third millennium ⓘ
measuredIn years ⓘ
pluralForm millennia ⓘ
millenniums ⓘ
relatedTo century ⓘ
decade ⓘ
symbolizes major transitions in history ⓘ
new beginnings ⓘ
usedIn calendar systems ⓘ
chronology ⓘ
history ⓘ
usedToDescribe large-scale historical eras ⓘ
long-term cultural periods ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Millennium Gallery → namedAfter → Millennium ⓘ
Apocalypse → associatedWith → Millennium ⓘ