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quinquennium
 
SYLLABICATION:quin·quen·ni·um
PRONUNCIATION:  kwn-kwn-m, kwng-
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. quin·quen·ni·ums or quin·quen·ni·a (-kwn-)
A period of five years.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin qunquennium : qunque, quinque- + annus, year; see at- in Appendix I.
 
 
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