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Definition: Quincentennial |
QuincentennialAdjective1. Of or relating to a 500th anniversary; "the quincentennial celebration of the founding of the city". Noun1. The 500th anniversary. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: QuincentennialSynonym: quincentenary (n). (additional references) |
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Recently in North America, Quincentennial was often used specifically to refer to the arrival of Cristopher Columbus. The year 1992 saw many celebrations and protests surrounding his first voyage in 1492.
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Crosswords: Quincentennial |
| English words defined with "quincentennial": quincentenary. (references) |
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| "Quincentennial" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Quincentennial" is used about 3 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% | 3 | 202,518 |
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Words beginning with "quincentennial": quincentennials. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-n-n-q-t-u" | |
-4 letters: centennial. | |
-5 letters: antennule, anticline, clinquant, enunciate. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-n-n-q-t-u" | |
+1 letter: quincentennials. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010001 01110101 01101001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01101110 01110100 01100101 01101110 01101110 01101001 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)Q u i n c e n t e n n i a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0051 0075 0069 006E 0063 0065 006E 0074 0065 006E 006E 0069 0061 006C |
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