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Meaning of centuria | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B2
[kɛnˈtʊ.ri.a]

Definitions

  1. century, in its senses as
  2. any assembly of a hundred people or things
  3. any division into a hundred people or things
  4. a company of Roman infantry, the smallest tactical division of a legion, originally of 100 men but later varying between 60 and 160
  5. a company of auxiliary infantry equivalent to a Roman cohort, first established during the Imperial era.
  6. a unit of area, equal to 100 heredia or 200 iugera (approximately 125 acres or 50 hectares)
  7. a traditional division of the Roman people, allegedly established by Servius Tullius on the basis of property
  8. any similar division, regardless of number

Equivalents

English century

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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