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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Er, tercentennial.– HaLApr 8, 2011 at 2:32
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@HaL, tricentennial is okay too, I guess– CMRApr 8, 2011 at 2:50
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Yes, there are, and they follow the same naming convention:
bimillennial, trimillennial, etc.
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I doubt many of us will be around long enough to need to expand that etc.... Apr 8, 2011 at 2:26
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Perhaps not you & I, but if all goes well this question will still be around in some form or another
:)– e.JamesApr 8, 2011 at 2:30
Sure. Picking up where you left off, we have:
- 250 years - Sestercentennial
- 300 years - Tercentennial
- 400 years - Quadricentennial
- 500 years - Quincentennial
- 600 years - Sexcentennial
- 700 years - Septcentennial
- 800 years - Octocentennial
- 900 years - Nonacentennial
- 1000 years - Millennial
- 2000 years - Bimillennial
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.
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The 2500 year celebration of the Persian empire by the Shah of Iran in 1971...what would they call that? Sestermillenial?– MitchApr 8, 2011 at 2:34
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Those would be millennial celebrations.
Party like it's 2999!
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.
