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Pronunciation / Transliteration: shatabdi
"यह स्मारक दो शताब्दी पुराना है।"
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2 senses- 1
A period of one hundred years.
"The castle was built at the turn of the nineteenth century." - 2
A score of 100 runs by a batsman in a single innings in cricket.
"The opening batsman celebrated his magnificent century."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin word 'centuria', meaning a division of a hundred (from 'centum', meaning 'hundred'). Originally used in ancient Rome to denote a military unit of 100 men or a voting unit of 100 citizens, its meaning evolved through Middle French into English to signify a period of one hundred years.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Century" is said worldwide
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siècle
Transliteration: /sjɛkl/
"Nous vivons au vingt et unième siècle."
Jahrhundert
Transliteration: /ˈjaːɐ̯ˌhʊndɐt/
"Dieses Gebäude stammt aus dem letzten Jahrhundert."
secolo
Transliteration: /ˈsɛ.ko.lo/
"Il ventesimo secolo è stato un'epoca di grandi cambiamenti."
siglo
Transliteration: /ˈsi.ɡlo/
"El castillo fue construido en el siglo quince."
século
Transliteration: /ˈsɛ.ku.lu/
"A tecnologia avançou muito no último século."
शताब्दी
Transliteration: shatabdi
"यह स्मारक दो शताब्दी पुराना है।"
世纪
Transliteration: shìjì
"我们生活在二十一世纪。"
세기
Transliteration: segi
"우리는 21세기에 살고 있습니다."
世紀
Transliteration: seiki
"21世紀は情報化の時代です。"
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