century meaning in Sinhala

Sinhala words for century

period of 100 years

සියවස siyawasa

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

• age
• centennium
• yearhundred
• centenary
• centuria

All synonyms of century

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Questions about century in Sinhala

What is the meaning of century in Sinhala?

Century in Sinhala is සියවස (siyawasa).

century යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?

Century: සියවස (siyawasa).

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.