Gillion

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gillion: /gil´y@n/, /jil´y@n/, n.

[formed from giga- by analogy with mega/million and tera/trillion] 10^9. Same as an American billion or a British milliard. How one pronounces this depends on whether one speaks giga- with a hard or soft ‘g’.