Recent Examples on the WebThe Long Count is a base-20, or vigesimal number system, with one exception.—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
Latin vicesimus, vigesimus twentieth; akin to Latin viginti twenty, Greek eikosi
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