mia
MEE-ah
How to say it
SwahilimiaMEE-ahsoon
Englishhundred (100)soon
Frenchcent (100)soon
Meaning
The number one hundred; placed before another number to count hundreds, as in mia tatu, three hundred.
Good to know
It comes before the number of hundreds: mia moja (100), mia mbili (200), mia tano na hamsini (550). Hundreds of things are mamia.
Examples
- Kitabu hiki kina kurasa mia mbili.This book has two hundred pages.
- Watu mia moja walihudhuria mkutano wa kijiji.One hundred people attended the village meeting.
- Mamia ya watu walijitokeza kumpokea rais.Hundreds of people turned out to welcome the president.
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Forms
mamia (plural of mia, hundred: hundreds)
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