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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
bicentennial
noun
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▪ But did you know that this mechanical wonder is celebrating its bicentennial?
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bicentennial

Bicentennial \Bi`cen*ten"ni*al\, n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration.

Bicentennial

Bicentennial \Bi`cen*ten"ni*al\, a. [Pref. bi- + centennial.]

  1. Consisting of two hundred years.

  2. Occurring every two hundred years.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
bicentennial

also bi-centennial, 1843 (adj.), 1871 (noun), American English, from bi- + centennial (q.v.). In rivalry with bicentenary (1831) which seems to have been the more common word in Britain.

Wiktionary
bicentennial

a. 1 Relating to the 200th anniversary of an event or happening. 2 Occurring every two hundred (200) years n. The 200th anniversary of an event or happening.

WordNet
bicentennial
  1. adj. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentenary]

  2. n. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: bicentenary]

Wikipedia
Bicentennial

A bicentennial or bicentenary is the two-hundredth anniversary of an event, or the celebrations pertaining thereof. It may refer to:

Usage examples of "bicentennial".

How convenient for His Honor that the city bicentennial just happened to coincide with the kickoff for his reelection campaign.

The new Grand Prix course snakes through 35 acres once known as Bicentennial Park.

To hear Grand Prix boosters tell it, the winos of Bicentennial Park are the urban equivalent of the Viet Cong.

Apparently shrubbery was not the kind of green that Bicentennial Park was meant to sprout.

The city previously leased Bicentennial to promoter Ralph Sanchez, who paved it for a Grand Prix.

Now Carmen Lunetta, czar of the Port of Miami, wants to expand Bicentennial and adjacent property into a fancy harborage for cruise liners.

But look at large-scale boondoggles such as the Grand Prix and the Lipton tennis tournament, which have transformed Bicentennial and Crandon parks respectively.

Nixon, the celebration of the Bicentennial, the presidency of Carter, all aimed at restoration.

Well, that part of the plan collapsed with Watergate, so we decided to make the Bicentennial a celebration of the new Republican leadership.

But look at large-scale boondoggles such as the Grand Prix and the Lipton tennis tournament, which have transformed Bicentennial and Crandon parks respectively.

One beefy man well over six feet tall, in an elegant cowboy hat, polished cowboy boots, a pin-striped suit and a western string tie, capsulizes the matter so: "I'm an unholy son of a bitch if those amazing fucking Jews haven't gone and fucking upstaged the Bicentennial!

On a similar note, this season's Grand Prix, held at the mutilated Bicentennial Park, lost $652,000that, after getting a $350,000 subsidy from the tourist tax.

But the Democratic National Convention went to New York in the Bicentennial year, and Puppetman knew that here was his moment.