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sesquicentennial
[ ses-kwi-sen-ten-ee-uhl ]
adjective
- pertaining to or marking the completion of a period of 150 years.
noun
- a 150th anniversary or its celebration.
sesquicentennial
/ 藢蝉蓻蝉办飞瑟蝉蓻苍藞迟蓻苍瑟蓹濒 /
adjective
- of or relating to a period of 150 years
noun
- a period or cycle of 150 years
- a 150th anniversary or its celebration
Derived Forms
- 藢蝉别蝉辩耻颈肠别苍藞迟别苍苍颈补濒濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉别蝉顎卶耻颈路肠别苍路迟别苍顎僴颈路补濒路濒测 adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sesquicentennial1
Example Sentences
It鈥檚 the sesquicentennial of Western Australia, and everyone on Tony and Judy鈥檚 cul de sac is excited.
鈥淔ew restaurants last 50 years, let alone 150,鈥 The New York Times wrote about Tadich in 1999, the restaurant鈥檚 sesquicentennial year.
Upcoming 鈥渃elebration nights鈥 recognize Ireland and Israel, Filipino and Hispanic heritages, and the sesquicentennial of baseball in Japan.
At age 17, he was shot in the face during a reenactment of a Civil War raid at a town sesquicentennial celebration, where one actor apparently used a real bullet instead of a blank cartridge.
Davis began working for the park service in 1990 and received the National Park Service Southeast Region鈥檚 Employee of the Year award in 2012 for her efforts with the Civil War sesquicentennial.
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