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Centennial

adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before. not-comparable

    "a centennial ode"

  2. 2
    Happening once in a hundred years. not-comparable

    "a centennial jubilee    a centennial celebration"

  3. 3
    Lasting or aged a hundred years. not-comparable

    "In her grand villa, half-way up the hill, / O'erlooking Florence, but retired and still; / With iron gates, that opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines, […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Colorado.
  2. 2
    A census-designated place in Wyoming.
Noun
  1. 1
    The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
  2. 2
    the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.

Etymology 2

From Late Latin centennis (“100-year”) + -al.

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