Etymology

gigametre

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Today it means: A distance of 1,000,000 kilometres. Full definition →

English metre ← Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas)
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  1. Ancient GreekΓίγας (Gígas)
  2. Ancient Greekγίγας (gígas)
  3. Englishgiga-
  4. Englishmetre
  5. English todaygigametre

From giga- + metre.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.