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The 200th anniversary
Answer for the clue "The 200th anniversary ", 11 letters:
bicentenary
Word definitions for bicentenary in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to a 200-year period," 1843; see bi- + centenary . Also see bicentennial . As a noun, "a bicentennial anniversary or celebration," also from 1843.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bicentenary \Bi*cen"te*na*ry\, a. [Pref. bi- + centenary.] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there is one part of the Region which claims 1993 as its bicentenary . ▪ It was the bicentenary of the discovery of the first asteroid. ▪ Lyte - whose bicentenary it is on 1st June, this year - was also a fanatical bookman. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration" [syn: bicentennial ] n. the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it) [syn: bicentennial ] [also: bicennaries (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a 200th anniversary
Usage examples of bicentenary.
In 1866 they celebrated the tercentenary of the battle of Siget, and in 1871 Kvaternik was inspired by the bicentenary of the Zrinski and Frankapan sacrifice.
Candela and Finch offices last Friday evening, part of the bicentenary celebrations.
He was sold to the public by a clever PR team, playing on the bicentenary mood.
Gray bicentenary, which took place on December 26th, 1916, the Dean of Norwich, who is a member of the Public Library Committee, delivered a lecture on Thomas Gray at the Technical Institute on December 15th, when the Deputy Mayor, Alderman H.
Lo Manto watched as the guide turned near the House of the Bicentenary and disappeared from sight.