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vicennium

vicennium noun: a period of twenty years.

Noun

vicennium (plural vicennia or vicenniums)

  1. (rare) A period of twenty years.

Forms of vicennium

pluralvicennia
pluralvicenniums

Origin of vicennium

From Latin vicennium, from vīcennis (“20-year”) + -ium, from vīciēs (“20 times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Equivalent to vicennial + -ium.

Words formed from vicennium

Questions about vicennium

What does vicennium mean?
Vicennium means a period of twenty years.
What part of speech is vicennium?
Vicennium is a noun.
What is the plural of vicennium?
The plural of vicennium is vicennia.

Words near vicennium in the dictionary

  1. vicennalias
  2. vicennals
  3. vicennia
  4. vicennial
  5. vicennials
  6. vicennium
  7. vicenniums
  8. Vicens
  9. Vicenses
  10. Vicente
  11. Vicente López

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