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cen·tu·ry

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–noun, plural -ries.

1.	a period of 100 years.

2.	one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, esp. from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.

3.	any group or collection of 100: a century of limericks.

4.	(in the ancient Roman army) a company, consisting of approximately 100 men.

5.	one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.

6.	(initial capital letter) Printing. a style of type.

7.	Slang. a hundred-dollar bill; 100 dollars.

8.	Sports. a race of 100 yards or meters, as in track or swimming, or of 100 miles, as in bicycle racing.

9.	Cricket. a score of at least 100 runs made by one batsman in a single inning.

[Origin: 1525–35; < L centuria unit made up of 100 parts, esp. company of soldiers, equiv. to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perh. extracted from decuria decury

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cen·tu·ry Audio Help (sěn'chə-rē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cen·tu·ries

Abbr. C. or c. or cent.
1. A period of 100 years.
2. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era.
3. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
4. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
1. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.
2. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.
A group of 100 things.

[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

cen·tu'ri·al adj., cen'tu·ry·long' adj.

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century

1533, "one hundred (of anything)," from L. centuria "group of one hundred" (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army headed by a centurion), from centum "hundred" (see hundred). The Mod.E. meaning is attested from 1628, short for century of years.

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century
noun
1.	a period of 100 years
2.	ten 10s [syn: hundred]

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century1 [ˈsentʃəri] noun — plural ˈcenturies —

a (period of a) hundred years
Example: the 19th century; for more than a century

Arabic:	مِئَةُ سَنَه
Chinese (Simplified):	世纪
Chinese (Traditional):	世紀
Czech:	století
Danish:	århundrede; hundredår
Dutch:	eeuw
Estonian:	sajand
Finnish:	vuosisata
French:	siècle
German:	das Jahrhundert
Greek:	αιώνας
Hungarian:	(év)század
Icelandic:	öld
Indonesian:	abad
Italian:	secolo

Japanese:	世紀
Korean:	100년, 1세기
Latvian:	gadsimts
Lithuanian:	amžius, šimtmetis
Norwegian:	århundre
Polish:	wiek, stulecie
Portuguese (Brazil):	século
Portuguese (Portugal):	século
Romanian:	secol
Russian:	столетие; век
Slovak:	storočie
Slovenian:	stoletje
Spanish:	siglo
Swedish:	sekel
Turkish:	yüzyıl, asır

century2 [ˈsentʃəri] noun

in cricket, a hundred runs
Example: He has just made his second century this year.

Arabic:	مِئَةُ جَوْلَه
Chinese (Simplified):	板球中的一百分
Chinese (Traditional):	板球中的一百分
Czech:	stovka
Danish:	hundrede point
Dutch:	century
Estonian:	sada jooksu
Finnish:	sata pistettä
French:	centaine (de points)
German:	100 Läufe
Greek:	εκατό πόντοι (στο κρίκετ)
Hungarian:	100 futam
Icelandic:	hundrað stig
Indonesian:	nilai seratus
Italian:	cento punti*

Japanese:	100点
Korean:	100점
Latvian:	simts skrējienu (kriketā)
Lithuanian:	šimtinė
Norwegian:	hundre poeng
Polish:	sto punktów
Portuguese (Brazil):	centena
Portuguese (Portugal):	jogada de críquete
Romanian:	(o) sută (de puncte)
Russian:	сто очков
Slovak:	(v krikete) stovka
Slovenian:	sto (točk)
Spanish:	centena
Swedish:	hundra poäng
Turkish:	yüz sayı

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Century Village, FL (CDP, FIPS 11437) Location: 26.71364 N, 80.12912 W
Population (1990): 8363 (7621 housing units)
Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)

Century, FL (town, FIPS 11375) Location: 30.97747 N, 87.26153 W
Population (1990): 1989 (872 housing units)
Area: 8.5 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 32535

Century, WV Zip code(s): 26214

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau

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