Milliongate
English
proper noun
Definitions
- A scandal in Sierra Leone in the 1980s, involving the appropriation of millions of leones of government money for private use.
Etymology
Suffix from English million.
Origin
English
million
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- megamillion English
- million English
- millionaire English
- millionary English
- millioned English
- millionfold English
- millionheiress English
- millionth English
- millionty English
- multi-million English
- multimillion English
- supramillion English
- vigintillion English
- milione Italian
- miliwn Welsh
- milioni Swahili
- milien Tok Pisin
- miliona Hawaiian
- minion Chuukese
- මිලියනය Sinhala, Sinhalese