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Historical Note on $120$
The number $120$ was at one time sometimes referred to in England as a long hundred.
Hence the use of the term short hundred for the number $100$.
Both terms are now obsolete in England, although the term great hundred for $120$ is still used in Germany and Scandinavia.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $12$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $12$