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Million – millón

(Pronounced mee-yohn)

To remember that million is pronounced see-yohn (millón) in Spanish, use the following mnemonic:

Take the word million and mill the word out except the two L's leaving mi  ion (millión).

Take the word million and mill the two L's out of it leaving mi  ion (millión).

Another way of remembering Million is:

I was a million miles from anywhere – just me on (millón) a mountain.

I was a million miles from anywhere – just me on (millón) a mountain.

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