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tercentenary

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ter·cen·ten·a·ry  (tûrsn-tn-r, tr-snt-nr)
n. pl. ter·cen·ten·a·ries
A 300th anniversary or its celebration.
adj.
Of or relating to a span of 300 years or to a 300th anniversary.

[Latin ter, thrice; see tern2 + centenary.]

tercentenary [ˌtɜːsɛnˈtiːnərɪ], tercentennial
adj
1. of or relating to a period of 300 years
2. of or relating to a 300th anniversary or its celebration
n pl -tenaries, -tennials
an anniversary of 300 years or its celebration Also tricentennial
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tercentenary - the 300th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
anniversary, day of remembrance - the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)
Translations
tercentenary [ˌtɜːsenˈtiːnərɪ] Ntricentenario m

tercentenary
n (= anniversary)dreihundertster Jahrestag; (= celebration)Dreihundertjahrfeier f, → dreihundertjähriges Jubiläum
attrfür den dreihundertsten Jahrestag; tercentenary celebrationsDreihundertjahrfeier f

tercentenary [ˌtɜːsɛnˈtiːnərɪ] nterzo centenario

tercentenary
n tercentenary [təːsənˈtiːnəri, (American also ) tərˈsentineri]
a three-hundredth anniversary This year marks the tercentenary of the birth of one of our greatest poets. driehonderdjaar-viering ذِكْرى مِئَوِيَّه ثالِثَه тристагодишнина třistaleté výročí trehundredeårsdag dreihunderjährig τριακοστή επέτειος tricentenario kolmesajas aastapäev جشن سیصد سالگی kolmesataavuotisjuhla tricentenaire יוֹבֵל הַשלוֹש-מְאוֹת त्रिशताब्दी tristogodišnjica háromszáz éves évforduló perayaan ke-300 tahun þrjú hundruð ára afmæli tricentenario 300年記念 300주년 trijų šimtų metų jubiliejus trīssimtā gadadiena ulang tahun ke-300 driehonderdste verjaardag trehundreårsjubileum trzechsetlecie tricentenário tricentenar трёхсотлетие tristé výročie tristoletnica tristogodišnjica trehundraårsdag, -jubileum การเฉลิมฉลองครบรอบ 300 ปี üç yüzüncü yıl 三百周年紀念日 трьохсотріччя تين سو سالہ جشن lễ kỷ niệm 300 năm


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And at such expensive pageants as that of the Quebec Tercentenary in 1908, where four thousand actors came and went upon a ten-acre stage, every order was given by telephone.
 
 
 
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