bicentennial

[ bahy-sen-ten-ee-uhl ]

adjective
  1. pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary: bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.

  2. consisting of or lasting 200 years: a bicentennial period.

  1. occurring every 200 years: the bicentennial return of a comet.

noun
  1. a 200th anniversary: The United States had its bicentennial in 1976.

  2. a celebration of such an anniversary.

Origin of bicentennial

1
First recorded in 1880–85; bi-1 + centennial

confusables note For bicentennial

See bi-1.

Other words from bicentennial

  • bi·cen·ten·ni·al·ly, adverb

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