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1940s
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English
Alternative forms
en 1940's
Noun
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The decade from 1940 to 1949.
en 2009 Stanley S.K. Kwan; Nicole Kwan New China The Dragon and the Crown: Hong Kong Memoirs Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series https://archive.org/details/dragoncrownhongk0000kwan/ w:Hong Kong University Press 2011 978-988-8083-17-6 693533040 135 https://archive.org/details/dragoncrownhongk0000kwan/page/135/ His knowledge of both Hong Kong and the Mainland made a deep impression on me during the hour we spent over lunch. Huang had learned Cantonese from his wife, who studied Chinese medicine in Guangzhou during the 1940s, and now owned a Chinese herbal medicine shop in the Yau Ma Ti district.
en Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/us/belmont-horse-racing-trainers-violations-invs 2023-06-10 During the 2018-2019 season, a staggering 56 horses died at one of the most glamorous racetracks in the country, Santa Anita Park, once home to the famous 1940s thoroughbred Seabiscuit. https://web.archive.org/web/20250304095427/https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/10/us/belmont-horse-racing-trainers-violations-invs/ 4 March 2025
Synonyms
en '40s, en 40s, en forties
Translations
the decade from 1940 to 1949 forties
See also
en Decades Forty