"bi" means two and "centi" means hundred and "anual" means year.
so bi-centen-nial means "every two hundred years."
It happens every 200 years.
200
1976
We celebrated the two hundredth anniversary of our country with many bicentennial events and parties.
A bicentennial is the 200th anniversary of anything. For example, the American Bicentennial was 1976, the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth is 2009.
It hasn't. Texas will celebrate its bicentennial in 2036. 200 years after its independence in 1836.
It happens every 200 years.
Australia celebrated its bicentennial year in 1988.
200
200. Bi- means two, centennial means centuries (100 years).
There are 200 years between bicentennial celebrations. Consider this alongside the term "centennial", which is every 100 years. Bi is a prefix meaning two. So literally, Bicentennial means "two 100 year periods."
A bicentennial celebrates 200 years of something.
Bicentennial or bicentennially
Bicentennial means 200 years old. We celebrated our country's bicentennial last year.
A bicentennial marks 200 years.
1976
12.5 Bicentennial = 2 X 100 years 1/4 of 200 years = 50 years.