χίλια δυο

Greek

Etymology

From χίλια (chília, “thousands”) +‎ δυο (dyo, “two”), two signifying plurality in general.

Pronunciation

• The stressed form of δυο, δύο, is never used with this term.

Adjective

χίλια δυο • (chília dyo) (indeclinable)

1. many, an indefinite number of
2. (hyperbolic) thousand, million, billion

   χίλια δυο πράγματα ― chília dyo prágmata ― a million things

3. (hyperbolic) a thousand and one

   χίλια δυο προβλήματα ― chília dyo provlímata ― a thousand and one problems

4. half a dozen (when used in an approximative sense)
5. all sorts/kinds of
6. so many