Centennial

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [L. centum a hundred + annus
     year.]
     1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an
        event that happened a hundred years before; as, a
        centennial ode.
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     2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee;
        a centennial celebration.
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     3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.
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              That opened through long lines
              Of sacred ilex and centennial pines.  --Longfellow.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Centennial \Cen*ten"ni*al\, n.
     The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a
     centenary. [U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  centennial
       adj : of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years;
             "centennial celebration" [syn: {centenary}]
       n : the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: {centenary}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "centennial":
     C, anniversary, annual, annual holiday, biannual, bicentenary,
     bicentennial, biennial, bimonthly, birthday, bissextile day,
     biweekly, catamenial, cental, centare, centenarian, centenary,
     centennium, centesimal, centigrado, centigram, centimeter,
     centipede, centistere, centred, centref, centrev, centumvir,
     centumvirate, centuple, centuplicate, centurial, centurion,
     century, commemoration, cwt, daily, decennial, diamond jubilee,
     diurnal, fortnightly, golden wedding anniversary, gross,
     hebdomadal, hecatomb, holy days, hourly, hundred, hundredfold,
     hundredth, hundredweight, immovable feast, jubilee, leap year,
     long hundred, menstrual, momentary, momently, monthly, name day,
     natal day, octennial, one C, quadrennial, quarterly,
     quasquicentennial, quincentenary, quincentennial, quinquennial,
     quotidian, secular, semestral, semiannual, semimonthly, semiweekly,
     semiyearly, septennial, sesquicentenary, sesquicentennial,
     sextennial, silver wedding anniversary, tercentenary,
     tercentennial, tertian, tricennial, triennial, wedding anniversary,
     weekly, yearly
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Centennial, WY
    Zip code(s): 82055

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Centennial, WY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Wyoming
     Population (2000):    191
     Housing Units (2000): 295
     Land area (2000):     10.024372 sq. miles (25.963003 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    10.024372 sq. miles (25.963003 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            13440
     Located within:       Wyoming (WY), FIPS 56
     Location:             41.297981 N, 106.137614 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     82055
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Centennial, WY
      Centennial