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quincentennial

quincentennial adjective: of or related to a 500th anniversary.

Adjective

quincentennial (not comparable)

  1. Of or related to a 500th anniversary.

Noun

quincentennial (plural quincentennials)

  1. A 500th anniversary.
    Synonyms:
    quincentenary, quingenary, semimillennnial

Synonyms of quincentennial

Forms of quincentennial

pluralquincentennials

Origin of quincentennial

From quin- (prefix meaning ‘five’) + centennial (“100-year; 100-year anniversary”). Compare Latin quingenti (“500”).

Words formed from quincentennial

Questions about quincentennial

What does quincentennial mean?
Quincentennial means of or related to a 500th anniversary.
What part of speech is quincentennial?
Quincentennial can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near quincentennial in the dictionary

  1. quincentenarian
  2. quincentenarians
  3. quincentenaries
  4. quincentenary
  5. quincentennia
  6. quincentennial
  7. quincentennials
  8. quincentennium
  9. quinces
  10. Quincest
  11. quincewort

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