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Learn how to write and pronounce eleven hundred in different contexts and languages. Compare British and American English usage, and see examples of four-digit numbers with and without saying "hundred".
10,000 is the natural number following 9,999 and preceding 10,001. Learn about its names in different languages, its properties in mathematics, its uses in science and computing, and its significance in history and culture.
Learn how to name numbers above a trillion using the short and long scales, and the origin and usage of the suffix -illion. Quintillion is the fifth power of 10,000, and has the Latin root quinque.
Learn how to express large numbers in the Indian subcontinent using lakh, crore, arab, and other terms. Find out the difference between the Indian and Western systems, the pronunciation, and the usage in different languages.
Because of this grouping into fours, higher orders of numbers are provided by the powers of 10,000 rather than 1,000: In China, 10,000 2 was 萬萬 in ancient texts but is now called 億 and sometimes written as 1,0000,0000; 10,000 3 is 1,0000,0000,0000 or 兆; 10,000 4 is 1,0000,0000,0000,0000 or 京; and so on.
Learn about the history, usage and types of Chinese numerals, the words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Find out how to write and read numbers in different languages and contexts, and the difference between Arabic and Chinese numerals.
Learn about the different definitions, lengths and origins of the longest words in English, from technical terms to coinages to fictional dishes. Find out which words are in dictionaries and which are disputed or contrived.
A googol is the large number 10^100 or ten to the power of one hundred. Learn about its origin, comparison with other quantities, and mathematical properties from Wikipedia.