How do you pronounce "xvii"?

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num. the Roman numeral for 17.

The most recent visitors to China's space station, the Shenzhou XVII astronauts, are now growing lettuce, scallion and cherry tomato.

Source: Selected English short passages

For example, many Italians fear the number 17, because the Roman numeral XVII can be rearranged to form the word VIXI meaning my life had ended.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

The most recent visitors to China's space station, the Shenzhou XVII astronauts, are now growing lettuce, scallion and cherry tomato.

Source: Selected English short passages

For example, many Italians fear the number 17, because the Roman numeral XVII can be rearranged to form the word VIXI meaning my life had ended.

Source: TED-Ed (video version)

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