milioni

How to say it

Meaning

The number one million, a thousand thousands; common in figures for money, population and budgets.

Good to know

It comes before the number of millions: milioni tano, five million. Money is often counted this way: shilingi milioni mbili, two million shillings. Millions of things are mamilioni.

Examples

• Jiji hili lina wakazi zaidi ya milioni nne.This city has more than four million residents.
• Aliuza shamba lake kwa shilingi milioni kumi.He sold his farm for ten million shillings.
• Mamilioni ya watu wanatumia simu za mkononi.Millions of people use mobile phones.

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mamilioni (plural of milioni, million: millions)