every 100 years is called a decade then ever 200 years would be called ?

Question

every 100 years is called a decade then ever 200 years would be called ?

Answer 1

100 yrs is called century,200 yrs is called bicentenary. 10 yrs is called a decade.

Answer 2

First of all 10 years is a decade, not 100, that's called a Century. There isn't a noun form that specifically denotes a period of 200 years, but when in reference to an anniversary event that has reached its 200 year mark, the word you are looking for is bicentennial, or bicentenary(UK).

Answer 3

well, 100 years is a century, 10 years is a decade. But there isn't a specific term for 200. 20 years could sometimes be called a score of years, since a score means 20 (as so famously used by A. Lincoln "four score and seven years ago"), but again, there really isn't a specific unique term for 2 decades.



In adjective form, one can talk about bicentenniel or bidecenniel, but that is a modification using prefix on a root form. It is not a unique root form of itself. the root remains cent or dec.



That is just an artifact of the way we number things.

Answer 4

Every 100 years is not a decade, it's a century. A 100th anniversary is a centennial and a 200th is a Bicentennial. A decade is 10 years.

Answer 5

sorry but you are mistaken 100 years is called a centuary a decade is called 10 years hope this helps you in your quest for more knowledge good luck

Answer 6

there is no specific name for it but double decade and twidecade or something