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myria-

  1. a combining form meaning “10,000,” used especially in the names of metric units equal to 10,000 of the unit denoted by the base word:

    myriagram; myriameter.



myria-

combining_form

  1. indicating a very great number

    myriapod

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of myria-1

Combining form representing Greek mȳriás ten thousand; myriad
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Word History and Origins

Origin of myria-1

from Greek murios countless

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