centennial

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

Adjective

centennial (not comparable)

1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

   a centennial ode

2. Happening once in a hundred years.

   a centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.

   • That opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.

Noun

centennial (plural centennials)

1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Translations

• French: centenaire
• German: Hundertjahrfeier, hundertster Jahrestag
• Italian: centenario
• Portuguese: centenário
• Russian: столе́тие
• Spanish: centenario

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Centennial

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Proper noun

1. A city in Colorado.
2. A census-designated place in Wyoming.

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