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nulla

Pronunciation: [ˈnuːl.la]

“nulla” is a Latin word. Its 3 meanings in English:

numeral

  1. zero

noun

  1. the number zero
  2. nothing

Etymology

First used by Dionysius Exiguus in a manuscript from 525 AD to assist in date-reckoning; extensively used by Bede. By surface analysis, nūllus + -a (abstract suffix) used adjectivally.

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