centennial

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
17
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/(UK)

Definition of centennial

6 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
    “a centennial ode”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
    “a centennial ode”
  2. (not-comparable)Happening once in a hundred years.
    “a centennial jubilee    a centennial celebration”
  3. (not-comparable)Lasting or aged a hundred years.
    “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, […]”

noun

  1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.

name

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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