millennian

/mɪˈlɛniən/
noun
  1. A person who was born or lived around the time of a millennium, especially the year 2000.
    • As a millennian, she grew up with both analog and digital technologies.
    • The museum exhibit featured artifacts from the lives of millennians at the turn of the 21st century.
    • The documentary interviewed several millennians about their hopes for the new century.
adjective
  1. Relating to a period of a thousand years or to a millennium.
    • The millennian celebrations in the city lasted for three days.
    • Historians study millennian cycles of climate change.
    • The clock tower was built to commemorate the millennian anniversary of the town's founding.
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