bicentenary
noun/ˌbaɪsenˈtiːnəri/
/ˌbaɪsenˈtenəri/
(plural bicentenaries)
(British English) (especially North American English bicentennial)
- the year, or the day, when you celebrate an important event that happened exactly 200 years earlier
- Mozart’s bicentenary
- to celebrate/mark the bicentenary of somebody/something
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