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How long is a thousand years10/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Your question, and vickyace's answer, both mention the Greek root myria- which was used with the meaning "ten thousand." But I cannot find any English word derived from this (aside from the aforementioned myriaannum) with the specific meaning "a period of ten thousand years." ![]() The Old Man of the Mountain was formed ten millenia ago by glaciers. But I would also advise against using myriaannum it does not look especially well-formed to me as a classical compound (it combines Greek myria- and Latin annum), and the prefix "myria-" seems to be obsolete in scientific compounds (like mega-annum). ![]() No, there is no more commonly used word for a period of 10000 years.
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