xviii
- numeral
- The Roman numeral xviii represents the number eighteen.
- Louis XVIII
Examples
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In the chapter titled xviii, the story took an unexpected turn.
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It also calls to mind the motto of King Louis XVIII of France after the French Revolution: "L'union et l'oublie" ("Union and Forgetfulness").
Academic text (1994) -
Ironically, after the Battle of Waterloo sealed Bonaparte's fate, the service was given to the victorious General Wellington by Louis XVIII in the hopes that the British would look favorably on him and support his return to the French throne.
Academic text (2004) -
To indicate eighteen, one can write it as xviii in Roman numerals.
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Etymology
The word xviii is a Roman numeral that means eighteen. It is made from the letters X 'ten', V 'five' and three I 'one', so X + V + I + I + I = 18.