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When supplied with a 4-digit year or a 4-digit decade, returns the name of the century.

Mostly used in categorisation.

The first parameter is required: either a a 4-digit year (e.g. 1859) or a 4-digit decade (e.g. 1970s)
The second parameter is optional. The single word "dash" changes the output from "nth century" to "nth-century"
An optional "nomatch" parameter may be used to specify text to be return if the input cannot be processed. Default behaviour is return an empty string if there is no match

Empty or inappropriate parameters produce no output, unless the "nomatch" paremeter is et.

{{Century name from decade or year}} →
{{Century name from decade or year|265}} → 3rd century
{{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously}} →

With "nomatch"

{{Century name from decade or year|nomatch=FAILED}} → FAILED
{{Century name from decade or year|265|nomatch=Aaaaaaaaaargh}} → 3rd century
{{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously|nomatch=NOMATCH}} → NOMATCH

TemplateData for Century name from decade or year

Returns the name of the century for a 4-digit year or a 4-digit decade.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Typ	Status
Year or decade	`1`	a 4-digit-year (e.g. '1957') or a 4-digit-decade (e.g. '1760s') Default	Number	optional
dash	`2`	If this parameter is dash, then the century number is followed by a dash rather than a space, i.e. '16th-century' instead of the default '16th-century' Default	String	optional
No match text	`nomatch`	If the input is not a 4-digit year or a 4-digit decade, output the "nomatch" value. Defaults to blank.	String	optional

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 == Errors ==
-Empty or inappropriate parameters produce no output
+Empty or inappropriate parameters produce no output, unless the "nomatch" paremeter is et.
 * <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year}}
 * <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year|265}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year|265}}
 * <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously}}
+With "nomatch"
+* <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year|nomatch=FAILED}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year|nomatch=FAILED}}
+* <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year|265|nomatch=Aaaaaaaaaargh}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year|265|nomatch=Aaaaaaaaaargh}}
+* <code><nowiki>{{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously|nomatch=NOMATCH}}</nowiki></code> → {{Century name from decade or year|French flying flamingoes flounce furiously|nomatch=NOMATCH}}
 == TemplateData ==