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Great War
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English
Proper noun
en proper noun the Great War
Epithet for World War I.
en 1939 September T. R. Perkins The G.W.R. in West Wales Railway Magazine 200 Then came the Great War, the Irish troubles, and the diversion of most of the American traffic to Southampton; the new construction was promptly dropped, and only grass-grown earthworks and cuttings now remain.
Synonyms
en war to end all wars
Translations
epithet for World War I
Arabic: ar اَلْحَرْب الْعُظْمَى f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 一戰 Yīzhàn
Dutch: nl Grote Oorlog m
Finnish: fi suuri sota
French: fr Grande Guerre f
German: de Großer Krieg m
Indonesian: id Perang Besar
Polish: pl Wielka Wojna f
Portuguese: pt Grande Guerra f
Russian: ru Великая война
Spanish: es Gran Guerra f
Swedish: sv världskriget n
Turkish: tr Büyük Harp
en Historical events History War World War I