XI

See also: xi, χι, xí, xì, xī, and xǐ

Ⅺ U+216A, Ⅺ
ROMAN NUMERAL ELEVEN
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Translingual

Alternative forms
  • xi, VVI, vvi

Number

XI

  1. Roman numeral eleven (11)
  2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the eleventh.

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English

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Noun

XI (plural XIs)

  1. (soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.
    • 2013, Louise Taylor, English talent gets left behind as Premier League keeps importing (in The Guardian, 20 August 2013)
      Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.
  2. (cricket) a cricket team of eleven players.

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