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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin centum hundred + annus year + -al; surface analysis cent- + -ennial.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
centennial (not comparable)
- 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.
- Longfellow
Noun[edit]
centennial (plural centennials)
- The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
100th anniversary
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