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#REDIRECT [[Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names]]
'''Demisesquicentennial''' is a celebration of 75 years. The word is from ''[[demi-]]'' meaning one-half, ''[[sesqui-]]'' meaning one and a half-, from ''[[cent-]]'' meaning one hundred, and from ''[[-ennial]]'' meaning yearly.


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Thus, Demisequicentennial means one half of one-and-a-half centuries, or one half of 150 years, which is 75 years.

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