0 the day or year that is 200 years after a particular event, especially an important one:
A statue was erected to mark the bicentennial of the composer's birth.
bicentennial celebrations
1 the day or year that is 200 years after a particular event, esp. an important one; a 200th anniversary:
The university marked its bicentennial with a weeklong celebration.
The bicentennial year is drawing to a close and there are no further plans for expenditure of public funds on it.
Perhaps in this bicentennial year that is more true than ever.
It is there for the bicentennial.
The track began construction in 1987 and was completed less than a year later in early 1988, in time for the bicentennial celebration year.
The room was partially restored in 1976 for the bicentennial celebration.
In 1976 the lightship received a cosmetic overhaul and played a starring role in the city's bicentennial celebrations.
As part of a bicentennial project of students and staff, the log cabin was restored.
Classifications must be based on multifactorial techniques and to be hierarchical (following the bicentennial animal taxonomy).
