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A
century
is a way to describe a length of
time
. One century is one hundred
years
. The
ancient Romans
used the word
centuria
to describe a group of about one hundred
soldiers
, organized into a single
unit
.
The Roman numeral for 100 is "C". The word for 100 in
Latin
is "centum".
A
centenary
is a celebration of something that happened 100 years ago. A bicentenary celebrates 200 years, a tercentenary 300 years.
A
centenarian
is someone who is 100 years old or more.
Centennial
means something that happens every 100 years, or that lasts 100 years.