"tricennium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tricennia [plural], tricenniums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin trīcennium, from trīcennis (“30-year”) + -ium, from trīciēs (“[30]] times”) + annus (“year”) + -is (“forming compound adjectives”). Equivalent to tricennial + -ium. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|trīcennium}} Latin trīcennium, {{m|la|trīcennis||30-year}} trīcennis (“30-year”), {{m|la|-ium}} -ium, {{m|la|trīciēs||􂀿30􂁀] times}} trīciēs (“[30]] times”), {{m|la|annus||year}} annus (“year”), {{m|la|-is||forming compound adjectives}} -is (“forming compound adjectives”), {{suffix|en|tricennial|ium}} tricennial + -ium Head templates: {{en-noun|tricennia|s}} tricennium (plural tricennia or tricenniums)
  1. (rare) A period of thirty years. Tags: rare Derived forms: tricennial
    Sense id: en-tricennium-en-noun-mQXTwB5J Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ium Related terms: annum (1 year), biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, sexennium, septennium, octennium, novennium, decennium, vicennium, centennium (100), quincentennium (500), millennium (1000), decamillennium (10,000), centimillennium (100,000), millionennium (1,000,000)

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