"bicentennial" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ [UK, US]
Etymology: By surface analysis, bi- + centennial and bi- + cent- + -ennial. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|bi-|centennial}} By surface analysis, bi- + centennial, {{compound|en|bi-|cent-|-ennial}} bi- + cent- + -ennial Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} bicentennial (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Calendar
    Sense id: en-bicentennial-en-adj-ywQT2pZY Disambiguation of Calendar: 43 6 51
  2. Occurring every two hundred (200) years Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-bicentennial-en-adj-EESbvVoC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with bi-, English terms suffixed with -ennial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 95 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 93 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 90 5 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with bi-: 16 65 19 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ennial: 7 84 9

Noun

IPA: /ˌbaɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl/ [UK, US] Forms: bicentennials [plural]
Etymology: By surface analysis, bi- + centennial and bi- + cent- + -ennial. Etymology templates: {{surf|en|bi-|centennial}} By surface analysis, bi- + centennial, {{compound|en|bi-|cent-|-ennial}} bi- + cent- + -ennial Head templates: {{en-noun}} bicentennial (plural bicentennials)
  1. The 200th anniversary of an event or happening. Categories (topical): Calendar Translations (200th anniversary): Zweihundertjahrfeier [feminine] (German), zweihundertster Jahrestag [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-bicentennial-en-noun-THXhe3tj Disambiguation of Calendar: 43 6 51

Inflected forms

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