Anniversary and Centennial

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Anniversary noun - The date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it).

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Centennial and anniversary are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Centennial" instead a noun "Anniversary".

Centennial noun - The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it).

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Anniversary and centennial are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Anniversary" instead a noun "Centennial".

Nearby Word: centenary

In one episode for Cheers Rebecca discovers that the bar, which opened 1889 will have it's 100 year anniversary and she plans a big centennial celebration, inviting the mayor, a barbershop quartet, and a 106 year old man who lived in the neighborhood when the bar opened.

Source: The Gay Nineties
Even in February 2015, when the film celebrated — or would have celebrated — its centennial, nobody gave a hoot, even though its release could with good reason be said to mark Hollywood's birth, resulting in the 100th anniversary of American movies as well.

Source: Mainstream Obscurity
ElfQuest, while an excellent series, hasn't been reprinted since 2003, its quarter-centennial, and the only full-ish reprints—the Father Tree Press 20th anniversary Readers Collections—are getting harder and harder to find as time goes on.

Source: Keep Circulating The Tapes / Comics

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