No. 225 in Swedish
miljarder
"Miljarder" means "billions" in English.
In a sentence
Det finns nästan åtta miljarder människor på jorden.
There are almost eight billion people on Earth.
The word 'miljarder' is used to denote the numeric value of 'billion', indicating a very large quantity in population size.
Regeringen har investerat flera miljarder kronor i infrastruktur.
The government has invested several billions of kronor in infrastructure.
Here, 'miljarder' represents financial expenditure in billions, highlighting the scale of investment.
Astronomerna beräknar att stjärnan är miljarder år gammal.
Astronomers estimate that the star is billions of years old.
In this sentence, 'miljarder' is utilized to describe a vast time scale, referring to the age of a star.
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