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XXV

XXV

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A Roman way of writing the number twenty-five
  • numeral
translation icon : XXV
  • Almost ready then for Super Bowl XXV, where the Giants get ready to take on the Buffalo Bills for the ultimate prize in football.
  • Super Bowl XXV
  • XXV Bowl
  • XXV: Buffalo Bills

Examples

  • Article XXV describes the institutional structure.

    Academic text (1997)

  • Also love Jubilation 25 and XXV and just learned that they were his debut with the house!

    Blog text (1)

  • Recalling its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970, affirming, inter alia, the duty of every

    Blog text (6)

  • Resolution 2625 (XXV), 24 October 1970. A.O. Cukwurah, The Settlement of Boundary Disputes in International Law (Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press, 1967) pp. 112-6 and 190-9.

    Academic text (1992)

  • The Roman numeral XXV represents the number twenty-five.

  • In Roman numerals, XXV is written to indicate a quantity of twenty-five.

  • When counting in Roman numerals, the number XXV follows XXIV.

Synonyms

xxv
vsXXV
7.4

A Roman numeral for 25

is the same numeral but written in uppercase letters

Surface Forms

XXV roman numeral
25 cardinal digit
twenty-five cardinal word
25th ordinal digit
twenty-fifth ordinal word

Etymology

The word XXV is a Roman numeral made from two Xs and one V. X means 'ten' and V means 'five', so two tens plus five equals 'twenty-five', which is why XXV stands for 25.