n.
The 16th century, especially in Italian art and literature.
[Italian, from (mil) cinquecento, (one thousand) five hundred : cinque, five (from Latin quīnque) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum).]
cinquecento
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cin·que·cen·to (chĭng'kwĭ-chĕn'tō) 
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n.
The 16th century, especially in Italian art and literature.
| Architecture and Landscaping: Cinquecento |
Italian term, literally ‘five hundred’, applied to C16
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