I know that after 100 years there are centennial celebrations, after 200 years bicentennial, tricentennial, etc.,
Similarly, are there terms for 2000, 3000, etc., years of celebration?
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Sign up to join this communityI know that after 100 years there are centennial celebrations, after 200 years bicentennial, tricentennial, etc.,
Similarly, are there terms for 2000, 3000, etc., years of celebration?
Yes, there are, and they follow the same naming convention:
bimillennial, trimillennial, etc.
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Sure. Picking up where you left off, we have:
Anything beyond bimillenial is probably very uncommon at best, but you could likely follow the above naming convention and be understood. See more odd usages here.
For a thousand years, the word is millennial. For two thousand years, the word is bimillennial. See this Wikipedia article on anniversary names. I would imagine the same pattern goes for the higher thousands, e.g. trimillennial, quadrimillennial, and so forth.