"thousand one" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thousand and one [alternative], one thousand and one [alternative], a thousand and one [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} thousand one (uncountable)
  1. (informal) A great number. Tags: informal, uncountable Translations (great number): ᏐᏬ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏌᏬ (sowo iyagayvli sawo) (Cherokee), duizend-en-een (Dutch), tuhat ja yksi (Finnish), mille et un [masculine] (French), mille et une [feminine] (French), ათას ერთი (atas erti) (Georgian), χίλια δυο (chília dyo) (Greek), kȟoktá sáŋm waŋží (Lakota), tʼááłáhádí mííl tʼááłáʼí (Navajo), midaaswaak ashi-bezhig (Ojibwe), mil e um [masculine] (Portuguese), mil e uma [feminine] (Portuguese), tiissitsaaq atauciq (Yup'ik)
    Sense id: en-thousand_one-en-noun-JFteKuyd

Numeral

Forms: thousand and one [alternative], one thousand and one [alternative], a thousand and one [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|en|numeral}} thousand one
  1. (Malaysia, colloquial) One thousand plus one hundred. (1100) Tags: Malaysia, colloquial
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Alternative forms

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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "sowo iyagayvli sawo",
          "sense": "great number",
          "word": "ᏐᏬ ᎢᏯᎦᏴᎵ ᏌᏬ"
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          "sense": "great number",
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          "sense": "great number",
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          "roman": "atas erti",
          "sense": "great number",
          "word": "ათას ერთი"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chília dyo",
          "sense": "great number",
          "word": "χίλια δυο"
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          "sense": "great number",
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          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "great number",
          "word": "tʼááłáhádí mííl tʼááłáʼí"
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          "lang": "Ojibwe",
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      "code": "chr",
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      "roman": "sowo iyagayvli sawo",
      "sense": "great number",
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      "sense": "great number",
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      "sense": "great number",
      "word": "ათას ერთი"
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "chília dyo",
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      "code": "lkt",
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      "sense": "great number",
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "great number",
      "word": "tʼááłáhádí mííl tʼááłáʼí"
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      "lang": "Ojibwe",
      "sense": "great number",
      "word": "midaaswaak ashi-bezhig"
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