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tricentennial

tricentennial noun: the 300th anniversary of an event or happening.

Noun

tricentennial (plural tricentennials)

  1. The 300th anniversary of an event or happening.
    • The Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association deposited the box with the historical society after celebrating the tricentennial of the 1614 charter of the New Netherland Company, one of the colony’s pioneering commercial enterprises and a precursor of New York business.2014 October 9, “Time capsule unearthed in New York: 'This is the thrill of recovering relics'”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020

Adjective

tricentennial (not comparable)

  1. Occurring every three hundred (300) years.

Synonyms of tricentennial

Forms of tricentennial

pluraltricentennials

Origin of tricentennial

By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial.

Questions about tricentennial

What does tricentennial mean?
Tricentennial means the 300th anniversary of an event or happening.
What part of speech is tricentennial?
Tricentennial can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of tricentennial?
The plural of tricentennial is tricentennials.

Words near tricentennial in the dictionary

  1. tricent
  2. tricentenarian
  3. tricentenarians
  4. tricentenaries
  5. tricentenary
  6. tricentennial
  7. tricentennials
  8. tricentral
  9. tricentric
  10. tricep
  11. tricephalic

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