Century
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English
Etymology
From Latin cent, "one hundred"
Noun
century (centuries)
- A period of 100 years. Often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g. the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 to 2000, or (informally) 1900 to 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
- A unit of the ancient Roman army with 60 to 80 soldiers, commanded by a centurion.
- A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly
- (cricket) 100 runs batted in by one player.
- (cycling, US) A ride 100 miles in length.
Translations
- 100 years
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- political division of Rome
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Translations
- Breton: kantved m -où
- Catalan: segle m
- Dutch: eeuw f
- Finnish: vuosisata (1)
- French: siècle m
- Frisian: ieu
- German: Jahrhundert n
- Hebrew: מאה (Me'a)
- Indonesian: abad (1)
- Interlingua: seculo
- Italian: secolo m
- Japanese: 世紀 (せいき, seiki) (1)
- Korean: 세기 [世紀] (segi)
- Malay: abad, kurun (1)
- Spanish: siglo
- Romanian: secol n, veac n
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