Czech has an interesting and practical system of naming higher numbers:
1 followed by three zeros - tisíc, a thousand in English
1 followed by six zeros: milion or milión, a million in English
1 followed by nine zeros: miliarda, a billion in the US, (formerly) a thousand million in the UK
1 followed by twelve zeros: bilion or bilión, a trillion in the US, (formerly) a thousand billion in the UK
1 followed by fifteen zeros: biliarda, a quadrillion in the US, (formerly) a thousand trillion in the UK
1 followed by eighteen zeros: trilion or trilión, a quintillion in the US, (formerly) a thousand quadrillion in the UK
1 followed by twenty-one zeros: triliarda, a sextillion in the US, (formerly) a thousand quintillion in the UK
As can be seen, the words ending in ion (or ión) alternate with those endings in arda.
The formerly in parentheses is an indication of the British English Collins dictionary.
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Isn't English even the only language with those numbers that counts like this? Spanish, Polish and German also count with -ion and -ard
D: Millionen, Milliarden
E: Millón, Millardo
P: Milion, Miliard
Although I'm not sure about Spanish. Galician, for example, uses "mil millóns", as far as I know.
Brazil, to name just one country, also follows the American system:
1 followed by 6 zeros: million - milhão
1 followed by 9 zeros: billion - bilhão
1 followed by 12 zeros: trillion - trilhão
1 followed by 15 zeros: quadrillion - quatrilhão
1 followed by 18 zeros: quintillion - quintilhão
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