BICENTENNIAL Definition & Meaning

bicentennial

[bahy-sen-ten-ee-uhl]

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adjective

pertaining to or in honor of a 200th anniversary.
bicentennial celebration; a bicentennial exposition.
consisting of or lasting 200 years.
a bicentennial period.
occurring every 200 years.
the bicentennial return of a comet.

noun

a 200th anniversary.
The United States had its bicentennial in 1976.
a celebration of such an anniversary.

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Confusables Note

See bi- ¹.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

bicentennially adverb

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bicentennial¹

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

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The Great America branding, both for the Santa Clara park and its Midwestern counterpart, was a nod to their opening dates: 1976, the nation’s bicentennial.

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In March, In Our DNA SC research coordinators collected more than 30 DNA samples at a bicentennial event in Orangeburg, South Carolina, where more than 60% of residents identify as Black.

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Ahead of the bicentennial, Georgia’s oldest city had early 18,000 hotel rooms nearly sold out for the weekend.

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In the floor lay a time capsule, a measure of the owner’s faith in the future, to be opened on the paper’s bicentennial: Dec. 4, 2081.

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Rekindled interest in Maine’s first official flag coincided with the state’s bicentennial in 2020.

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bicentenary bicentric

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