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bimillennial

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bi⋅mil⋅le⋅nar⋅y

  [bahy-mil-uh-ner-ee] adjective, noun, plural -nar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to a bimillennium.
–noun
2. bimillennium.
Also, bi⋅mil⋅len⋅ni⋅al  [bahy-mi-len-ee-uhl] .

Origin:
1840–50; bi- 1 + millenary

bi⋅mil⋅len⋅ni⋅um

  [bahy-mi-len-ee-uhm]
–noun, plural -len⋅ni⋅ums, -len⋅ni⋅a  [-len-ee-uh] .
1. a period of two thousand years.
2. a two thousandth anniversary.
Also, bimillenary, bimillennial.

Origin:
bi- 1 + millennium
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bi·mil·len·ni·um   (bī'mə-lěn'ē-əm)   
n.   pl. bi·mil·len·ni·ums or bi·mil·len·ni·a (-lěn'ē-ə)

  1. A span of 2,000 years.

  2. A 2,000th anniversary.

bi'mil·len'ni·al adj., bi'mil·len'ni·al·ly adv.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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