No. 582 in Icelandic
milljón
"Milljón" means "million" in English.
In a sentence
Ég vann milljón krónur í happdrætti.
I won a million krónur in a lottery.
The word 'milljón' is used as a noun representing the numerical value of one million.
Það eru milljón ástæður fyrir því að ég elska Ísland.
There are a million reasons why I love Iceland.
Here, 'milljón' is used metaphorically to express a vast quantity, not a literal count.
Styrkurinn var milljón krónur, sem hjálpaði mikið.
The grant was a million krónur, which helped a lot.
In this sentence, 'milljón' describes the amount of the monetary grant specified.
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