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Meanings of centennial in English

Portuguese
centenário

Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years.

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Usage of centennial in English
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This year is, sort of, the centennial year of Louis Daniel Armstrong.
The Irish Times
2
This year the city is celebrating the fifth centennial of Columbus birth.
The new yorker
3
On 25 August, the United States National Park Service celebrated its centennial.
BBC
4
The statue was unveiled at the centennial celebration of the battle, 1875.
Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
5
For the rest of 2004, he will be getting the centennial treatment.
The new yorker
6
The same year, his native town of Danvers, Massachusetts, celebrated its centennial.
The True Citizen: How to Become One
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The city, now a booming oil town, is celebrating its centennial this year.
The new yorker
8
Maybe that's something AIG can achieve in 2019, its centennial year.
Reuters
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All this is just in time to celebrate the urban chariot's centennial anniversary.
Wired
10
At last came the day appointed for the third centennial festival of Durer.
Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence
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Moreover, Boonville celebrated its centennial recently: it was founded in 1818.
Mince Pie
12
The writer describes how New York is celebrating the Ellington centennial.
The new yorker
13
Ahead of this week's centennial Andrew McRae looks back at the WWI battle.
Radio NZ
14
The fair celebrated the centennial of the arrival of the first transcontinental train.
The new yorker
15
The centennial of his birth was celebrated with much pomp in the USSR.
The Guardian
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Should I live to the next centennial, I shall never forget that moment.
The Blunders of a Bashful Man
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Translations for centennial
Portuguese
centenário
Centennial through the time
Centennial across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common