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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

tricentennial en · ADJ

Etymology

By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Occurring every three hundred (300) years.

Relateds

tricentenary · tercentennial

Translations (3)

it trecentenario (occurring every 300 years) · es tricentenario (occurring every 300 years) · fr tricentenaire (occurring every 300 years)

tricentennial en · NOUN

Etymology

By surface analysis, tri- + centennial and tri- + cent- + -ennial.

Meanings

  1. The 300th anniversary of an event or happening.
    • The Lower Wall Street Business Men’s Association deposited the box with the historical society after celebrating the tricentennial of the 1614 charter of the New Netherland Company, one of the colony’s pioneering commercial enterprises and a precursor of New York business. 2014 October 9, “Time capsule unearthed in New York: 'This is the thrill of recovering relics'”, in The Guardian, sourced from Associated Press, archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020:

Forms

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Coordinates

quincentennial · millennial · semiquincentennial · sestercentennial · centennial · bicentennial

Hypernyms

anniversary

Synonyms

tricentenary · tercentenary

Translations (4)

es tricentenario (300th anniversary) · it trecentenario (300th anniversary) · ru трёхсотле́тие (300th anniversary) · fr tricentenaire (300th anniversary)