"bln" meaning in English

See bln in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: blns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} bln (countable and uncountable, plural blns)
  1. Initialism of Brown lunation number. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Alternative form of: Brown lunation number
    Sense id: en-bln-en-noun-en:Brown_lunation_number Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
  2. Alternative spelling of bn (“billion”). Wikidata QID: Q12535449 Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: bn (extra: billion)
    Sense id: en-bln-en-noun-en:Q12535449
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: new moon
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