Why is it called the 100 year war if it lasted 106 years?

Question

Why is it called the 100 year war if it lasted 106 years?

Answer 1

maybe there was a six year cease fire in between?

Answer 2

What's the big deal? Close enough.

Answer 3

Sounds better that the 106 year war . .> LOL

Answer 4

they are just generalizing the number, 106 is closest to 100.

Answer 5

The term "Hundred Years' War" was a later term invented by historians to describe the series of events.

Answer 6

The Hundred Years War was actually a series of wars, with brief periods of peace in between them.

The "hundred years" is just a rough approximation of the period, giving these wars one unifying title.

Answer 7

It's just propaganda, like Operation Enduring Freedom.