Cento may refer to:

• The Italian word for "hundred", which is used in compound words as a designation for centuries in Italian culture:
  • Duecento (1200s) [13th century]
  • Trecento (1300s) [in English, the 14th century]
  • Quattrocento (1400s) [15th century]
  • Cinquecento (1500s) [16th century]
  • Seicento (1600s) [17th century]
  • Settecento (1700s) [18th century]
  • Ottocento (1800s) [19th century]
  • Novecento (1900s) [20th century]
• Metodija Andonov-Čento, a World War II Macedonian partisan and politician
• Cento (poetry), a poetic technique of assembling a poem from excerpts of other authors' writings
• Centonization, a similar musical technique
• Cento, Italy
• Čento, North Macedonia
• Dobels Cento, the Olympic medalist horse
• CENTO, the Central Treaty Organization