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quadricentennial

quadricentennial adjective: relating to a 400th anniversary.

Adjective

quadricentennial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to a 400th anniversary.

Noun

quadricentennial (plural quadricentennials)

  1. A 400th anniversary.
    • The Cayuga fairground proposal recalled other Pan-American heritage themes that emerged with the quadricentennials. There was mention of a theme area on the island where reproductions of ancient structures of the Americas would be juxtaposed with reproductions of the birthplaces of U.S. American...2011, Robert Alexander González, Designing Pan-America, page 54

Forms of quadricentennial

Adjective
alternative formquadracentennial
Noun
pluralquadricentennials

Origin of quadricentennial

From quadri- + centennial.

Questions about quadricentennial

What does quadricentennial mean?
Quadricentennial means relating to a 400th anniversary.
What part of speech is quadricentennial?
Quadricentennial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quadricentennial in the dictionary

  1. quadricapsular
  2. quadricarinate
  3. quadricellular
  4. quadricentenarian
  5. quadricentenarians
  6. quadricentennial
  7. quadricentennials
  8. quadricentesimal
  9. quadricep
  10. quadricephalous
  11. quadriceps

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