Million
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Ane million (1,000,000), ane thoosand thoosand, is the naitural nummer efter 999,999 an afore 1,000,001.
The million is whiles uised in the Inglis leid as a metaphor for a gey lairge nummer, as in "Never in a million years" an "You're one in a million", or a hyperbole, as in "I've walked a million miles". Hence, a millionaire is a sonsie cheil, nae maiter the actual siller or the exact quantity. Il Milione is the title o Marco Polo's narration o his traivels tae Cheenae. The name is jaloused tae come frae Polo's byname efter his tales o riches an multitudes.
The wird "million" is common tae the dock scale an lang scale nummerin seestems (an tae the proposed Rowlett nummerin seestem forby), unalike the lairger nummers that haes differrin names in the twa seestems.
The name is derived frae Italian, whaur milla wis 1,000, an 1,000,000 becam millione, "a lairge thoosand!".