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centennial

Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

The English word “centennial” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
  2. Happening once in a hundred years.
  3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.

noun

  1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

Etymology

From Late Latin centennium (“period of 100 years, century”) + English -al (suffix forming adjectives and nouns).

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