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== Current English notation ==

== Current English notation ==

Confusingly, the [[English]] speaking world uses two systems for naming numbers using the ending ''-illion.'' The history of which system has been used in which countries at which times is complex.<ref name=Rowlett>Russ Rowlett. "[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html Names for Large Numbers]." [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], November 1, 2001. Retrieved May 23, 2007.</ref> The names for powers of a million, as used in the European system, trace to Nicholas Chuquet, who first proposed the names ''byllion'' and ''tryllion'' for the numbers 10¹² and 10¹⁸, respectively.<ref name=Rowlett/>

Confusingly, the [[English]] speaking world uses two systems for naming numbers larger than million using the name with ending ''-illion.'' The history of which system has been used in which countries at which times is complex.<ref name=Rowlett>Russ Rowlett. "[http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/large.html Names for Large Numbers]." [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], November 1, 2001. Retrieved May 23, 2007.</ref> The names for powers of a million, as used in the European system, trace to Nicholas Chuquet, who first proposed the names ''byllion'' and ''tryllion'' for the numbers 10¹² and 10¹⁸, respectively.<ref name=Rowlett/>

In both systems, a "million" means a thousand thousands or 10⁶.  

In both systems, a "million" means a thousand thousands or 10⁶.