Era and Year

Era

Era noun - An extent of time associated with a particular person or thing.

Usage example: the introduction of the mass production of cars on an assembly line ushered in the era of the automobile

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Year and era are semantically related In some cases you can use "Year" instead a noun "Era".

Year noun - The period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun.

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Era and year are semantically related in period topic. You can use "Era" instead a noun "Year", if it concerns topics such as crop, point in time.

Nearby Words: yearly, yearling

old	old era	old year
particular	particular era	particular year
specific	specific era	specific year
certain	certain era	certain year
Other adjectives: present, future, current, original, actual, entire, wrong, lost, early, given, past, later, next, last, different, said, older, recent, previous.

Color Wash: Every scene is supposed to look similar to color film from that year/era.

Source: Film / The Aviator
It's common practice to put the era before the year when announcing a date, for example "Third Era, Year 433".

Source: Year Zero
Alternative Calendar: The exact year and era are unknown, but, at the very least, the calendar in this game replaces Friday with Skyday, each marked by different symbols.

Source: Video Game / Brave Fencer Musashi

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