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cen·tu·ry    Audio Help   [sen-chuh-ree] Pronunciation Key
–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
  1. 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.
  2. 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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
century

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

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version) - Cite This Source - Share This
century1 [ˈsentʃəri] nounplural 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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