Milijun

Milijun is the term used in Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian for the number one million, equal to 1,000,000. It is a masculine noun that is declined by case; in nominative singular it appears as jedan milijun, and after numerals it commonly shows up as milijuna in the genitive plural (for example, dva milijuna dolara, pet milijuna ljudi).

Etymology and variants: The word is a loanword from the broader European number-naming tradition, typically traced to Italian milione or French million, itself derived from Latin mille and the augmentative suffix -one or -ion. In related South Slavic languages, the form is milijun, while Slovenian uses milijon. The general concept and usage are shared across these languages, with regional spelling differences.

Usage and notation: Milijun denotes 10^6. In writing, numbers are often grouped by thousands, yielding forms such as 1 000 000 or 1.000.000 depending on locale. The term is common in economics, statistics, demographics, and everyday language, appearing in phrases like milijun dolara. It is contrasted with milijarda, which denotes 10^9 (a thousand million) in the same linguistic area.

See also: Milijarda. In practice, the Slavic naming system for large numbers distinguishes milijun (10^6) from milijarda (10^9), reflecting the decimal-based, short-scale usage prevalent in many contexts.