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Centennial - What does it mean?

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centennial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
    • a centennial ode
  • Happening once in a hundred years.
    • a centennial''' jubilee; a '''centennial celebration
  • Lasting or aged a hundred years.
  • * Longfellow
    • That opened through long lines / Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.

    Noun

    (wikipedia centennial) (en noun)
  • The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

    • Derived terms

    * semicentennial * sesquicentennial

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.