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century in Malay

abad

UK/ˈsɛn.t͡ʃʊɹ.i//ˈsɛn.(t)ʃ(ə.)ɹi/

century in Malay: abad, kurun. In English, century means a period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

Malay words for century

period of 100 years
abad, kurun

English meaning of century

  1. noun A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
  2. noun A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
  3. noun A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
  4. noun A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

Full definition of century

century in a sentence

  • Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion
  • He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries.
  • They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4.

Synonyms of century

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Questions about century in Malay

What is the meaning of century in Malay?
Century in Malay is abad, kurun.
Apakah maksud century dalam bahasa Melayu?
Century: abad, kurun.
What does century mean in English?
Century means a period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: century (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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