| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cinquecento |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cin·que·cen·to |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ch ng kw-ch n t |
| NOUN: | The 16th century, especially in Italian art and literature. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from (mil) cinquecento, (one thousand) five hundred : cinque, five (from Latin qu nque; see penkwe in Appendix I) + cento, hundred (from Latin centum; see dek in Appendix I).
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