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centennial

/sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/

centennial adjective: relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.

Adjective

centennial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
    • a centennial ode
  2. Happening once in a hundred years.
    • a centennial jubilee a centennial celebration
  3. 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, […]1863 November 23, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Student’s Tale. The Falcon of Ser Federigo.”, in Tales of a Wayside Inn, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 34

Noun

centennial (plural centennials)

  1. The hundredth anniversary of an event or happening.
    Synonyms:
    centenary

Proper noun capitalized: Centennial

Centennial

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

centennial meaning in Tamil

centennial in Tamil

நூற்றாண்டு நிறைவு விழா, நூற்றாண்டு நிறைந்த

Synonyms of centennial

Forms of centennial

pluralcentennials

Origin of centennial

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

Words formed from centennial

Phrases with centennial

Questions about centennial

What does centennial mean?
Centennial means relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before.
What is centennial in Tamil?
Centennial in Tamil is நூற்றாண்டு நிறைவு விழா, நூற்றாண்டு நிறைந்த. See Centennial meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is centennial?
Centennial can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce centennial?
Centennial is pronounced /sɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ (UK).

Words near centennial in the dictionary

  1. centenier
  2. centeniers
  3. centenionales
  4. centenionalis
  5. centennia
  6. centennial
  7. Centennial Park
  8. Centennial State
  9. centennially
  10. centennials
  11. centennium

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Adapted from Wiktionary: centennial (page history and authors); Centennial (page history and authors); centennial (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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