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Definition: Centennial |
CentennialAdjective1. Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration". Noun1. The 100th anniversary. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "centennial" was first used: 1797. (references) |
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Centennial is a town located in Albany County, Wyoming. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 191.Geography
Centennial is located at 41°17'53" North, 106°8'15" West (41.297981, -106.137614)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 26.0 km² (10.0 mi²). 26.0 km² (10.0 mi²) of it is land and none of the area is covered with water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 191 people, 97 households, and 57 families residing in the town. The population density is 7.4/km² (19.1/mi²). There are 295 housing units at an average density of 11.4/km² (29.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 95.29% White, 0.00% African American, 1.05% Native American, 1.05% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 2.62% from two or more races. 3.14% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 97 households out of which 15.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% are married couples living together, 2.1% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.2% are non-families. 30.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 5.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 1.97 and the average family size is 2.44. In the town the population is spread out with 13.1% under the age of 18, 3.1% from 18 to 24, 23.0% from 25 to 44, 44.0% from 45 to 64, and 16.8% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 48 years. For every 100 females there are 130.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 115.6 males. The median income for a household in the town is $32,292, and the median income for a family is $45,417. Males have a median income of $57,292 versus $37,969 for females. The per capita income for the town is $29,477. 13.3% of the population and 15.9% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 100.0% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Centennial, Wyoming."
Synonym: CentennialSynonym: centenary (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Five | Centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial; secular, hundredth; thousandth; |
Regularity of recurrence Periodicity | Hourly; diurnal, daily; quotidian, tertian, weekly; hebdomadal, hebdomadary; biweekly, fortnightly; bimonthly; catamenial; monthly, menstrual; yearly, annual; biennial, triennial; centennial, secular; paschal, lenten; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Centennial |
| English words defined with "centennial": pull out all the stops. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "centennial": Anniversary. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Centennial Travellers (1965) | |
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 | Deck plan of schooner Centennial, of Gloucester Drawing by Capt. J. W. Collins. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. |  | Sheep graze near Odell Lake on the Agricultural Research Service's U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in the Centennial Mountains of southwestern Montana. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
 | Centennial Trail north end of Fort Meade. Credit: Merv Coleman. |  | A Century of American Physiology : An exhibit Commemorating the Centennial of the American Physiological Society at the / National Library of Medicine. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | [Dr. Fredrickson at the NIH centennial celebration]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | On board USS Maryland (BB-46) in August 1922, during her cruise to Rio de Janeiro to participate in the Brazilian Centennial Exposition. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Centennial Exhibition (Philadelphia, Pa.). Proposed German beer hall. Elevation and plan. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I thought the Civil War centennial was next year / Gib Crockett. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | American china exhibit, Main Bldg., Philadelphia Centennial International Exhibition. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Our centennial--the opening ceremonies--playing Wagner's centennial march. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Stanwood: Stepping back 100 ye" by KATI GARNER Commentary: "Stanwood, WA celebrated its centennial during the annual Fair Parade by honoring its pioneers, caravan-style." | "Centennial@Sunset 1" by Igor Kasalovic Commentary: "Centennial and its surroundings at sunset. To have these particular conditions I've used incandescent white balance." |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Telefonica Francesa (French Telephone Inc.) and Centennial Communications (an American firm based in Puerto Rico) are the new players in the telecommunication services in the Dominican Republic. (references) | |
Economic History | Dominican Rep | Services offered by the telephone companies (Codetel, Tricom, Centennial and France Telecom) include: direct distance dialing, international direct distance dialing, line 800, electronic mail, telenet, cellular mobile phones, facsimile, national paging services, and Internet services. (references) |
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Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | When the centennial of the institution of the judicial department, by the organization of the Supreme Court, shall have been suitably observed, as I trust it will be, our nation will have fully entered its second century. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | I wish that all qualified Americans permitted to vote were willing to vote, but surely in this centennial year of Emancipation all those who are willing to vote should always be permitted. |
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| "Centennial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Centennial" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 20 | 78,262 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | Centennial Coal Company Limited | USA | Centennial Bancorp |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Centennial, WY |
Expressions using "centennial": centennial celebrations ♦ Centennial State. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "centennial": centennial-season. | |
Ending with "centennial": bi-centennial, Powellhurst-Centennial, semi-centennial. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "centennial"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | eeu (century). (various references) | |
Albanian | njeri njëqindvjeçar, njëqindvjeçar (centenarian, centenary). (various references) | |
Arabic | يوبيل المئوي (centenary), قرني (corneous, horny, podded, secular), إحتفال مئوي. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | стогодишнина (centenary), стогодишен (centenarian), век (age, centenary, century, cycle, epoch, period). (various references) | |
Catalan | segle (century). (various references) | |
Chinese | 百年 (Centenaries, Centenary). (various references) | |
Czech | stoletý (centenary). (various references) | |
Danish | århundrede (century). (various references) | |
Dutch | eeuw (century). (various references) | |
Esperanto | jarcento (century). (various references) | |
Faeroese | øld (century). (various references) | |
Farsi | یادبودصدساله , میان (Among, Between, Meddle, Middling, Waist, Waistline), مرکز (Heart, Hub, Meddle, Seat, Station), وسطونقطه مرکزی , تمرکزیافتن , سده (Centenary, Century), صدساله (Centenary), درمرکزقرارگرفتن . (various references) | |
Finnish | satavuotisjuhla (centenary), satavuotinen (centenary). (various references) | |
French | centenaire (centenarian, centenary). (various references) | |
Frisian | ieu (century). (various references) | |
German | hundertjährig (centenarian, centenary, hundred years', hundred-year-old). (various references) | |
Greek | εκατονταετηρίδα (centenary, century), εκατονταετήσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | יובל מאה (centenary). (various references) | |
Hungarian | centenáriumi (centenary), századik (centenary, hundredth), százéves évforduló (centenary), százéves (centenarian, centenary), centenárium (centenary). (various references) | |
Icelandic | öld (century). (various references) | |
Irish | céad (century, hundred). (various references) | |
Italian | centenario (centenarian, centenary, hundred-year-old). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 百年祭 (centenary, centennial celebration). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひゃくねんさい (centenary, centennial celebration). (various references) | |
Malay | abad (century). (various references) | |
Manx | keead blein d'eash. (various references) | |
Norwegian | århundre (century). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | entennialcay.(various references) | |
Polish | wiek (age, century), stulecie (century). (various references) | |
Portuguese | século (age, century). (various references) | |
Romanian | centenar (centenarian, centenary), care are loc o datã la o sutã de ani, secol (age, century, period). (various references) | |
Russian | столетняя годовщина (centenary), столетний (centenarian, centenary), столетие столетний (centenary), век (age, century, epoch, siecle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | stogodišnji (centenary). (various references) | |
Spanish | siglo (age, c, cent, centenary, century, epoch, era, world), centenario (centenarian, centenary). (various references) | |
Swedish | sekel (century), hundraårsdag (centenary), hundraårig (centenarian, centenary), århundrade (century). (various references) | |
Thai | เกี่ยวกับหนึ่งร้อยปี, การครบรอบหนึ่งร้อยปี (centenary), ที่ยืนยาวหนึ่งร้อยปี, ที่ครบรอบร้อยปี. (various references) | |
Turkish | yüzyil (century), yüzüncü yıldönümü ile ilgili, yüzüncü yıldönümü (centenary), yüz yıllık (centenarian, centenary), yüz yılla ilgili, asir (century). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | століття (centenary, century), столітній (centenarian, centenary), сота річниця (centenary), що відбувається раз за сто років (secular). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sống trăm năm. (various references) | |
Welsh | canmlwyddiant (centenary), canmlwydd. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "centennial": centennially, centennials. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "centennial": bicentennial, quadricentennial, quincentennial, semicentennial, sesquicentennial, tercentennial. (additional references) | |
Words containing "centennial": bicentennials, quadricentennials, quincentennials, semicentennials, sesquicentennials, tercentennials. (additional references) | |
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"Centennial" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: centenial, centenninal, centinial, cetennial. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "centennial" (pronounced sente"nēul) |
| 9 | s e n t e" n ē u l | bicentennial. |
| 5 | -e" n ē u l | biennial, decennial, millennial, perennial, quadrennial, triennial. |
| 4 | -n ē u l | ceremonial, colonial, testimonial, intracranial, lineal, matrilineal, matrimonial, menial, patrilineal. |
| 3 | -ē u l | industrial, actuarial, adverbial, adversarial, advertorial, aerial, alluvial, ambassadorial, antibacterial, arboreal, Ariel, arterial, bacterial, biaxial, binomial, biomaterial, bronchial, burial, cereal, coaxial, collegial, colloquial, conspiratorial, convivial, curatorial, custodial, dictatorial, directorial, editorial, endometrial, entrepreneurial, equatorial, ethereal, extraterrestrial, extraterritorial, filial, fluvial, gubernatorial, immaterial, immemorial, imperial, terrestrial, territorial, janitorial, jovial, laryngeal, magisterial, malarial, managerial, marsupial, material, medial, memorial, mercurial, microbial, ministerial, myocardial, nomenclatorial, parochial, pictorial, pluvial, polynomial, primordial, professorial, prosecutorial, proverbial, pseudopodial, radial, raptorial, remedial, reportorial, sartorial, secretarial, senatorial, serial, tracheal, trivial, tutorial, venereal, vestigial, vitriol. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-n-t" | |
-3 letters: ancient, canteen, centile, encinal, lenient, licente, lineate. | |
-4 letters: acetin, atelic, canine, cannel, cannie, cantle, catlin, centai, cental, cetane, client, enatic, encina, enlace, entail, entice, incant, inlace, innate, lancet, lateen, lectin, lenten, lentic, linnet, nannie, neaten, tannic, tannin, tenace, tenail, teniae, tincal, tineal. | |
-5 letters: actin, alien, aline, anele, anent, anile, antic, clean, cleat, cline. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-l-n-n-n-t" | |
+1 letter: centennials. | |
+2 letters: bicentennial, centennially, interchannel. | |
+3 letters: bicentennials, tercentennial. | |
+4 letters: epicontinental, incandescently, noncelebration, nonclandestine, quincentennial, semicentennial, tercentennials. | |
+5 letters: clandestineness, conventionalize, inconsequential, noncelebrations, noncredentialed, nonintellectual, quincentennials, semicentennials, ultraconvenient. | |
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