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Great Game
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English
Etymology
en Q641219 1840 1 and popularized by en Q34743 1 1 in the novel Kim (novel) Kim (1901).
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Great Game.wav Southern England
Proper noun
Great Game 1
en historical The strategic rivalry and conflict between the British Empire and the Russian Empire for supremacy in Central Asia, mainly during the 19th century.
weekend 2026-10-03 The new Great Game w:Rana Foroohar Life & Arts 1 Like the Great Game of the 19th century, the US-China conflict today is both economic and political, geographic and virtual, a battle about territorial spheres of influence but also broader systems dominance.
Translations
the strategic rivalry and conflict
Arabic: ar اللعبة الكبرى
Asturian: ast Gran Xuegu m
Basque: eu Joko Handia
Bulgarian: bg Голямата игра f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 大博弈
Czech: cs Velká hra
Esperanto: eo Granda Ludo
Estonian: et Suur mäng
Finnish: fi suuri peli
French: fr Grand Jeu m
German: de Große Spiel n
Hebrew: he המשחק הגדול
Hungarian: hu nagy játszma
Indonesian: id Permainan Besar
Italian: it Grande Gioco m
Japanese: ja グレート・ゲーム
Kazakh: kk Ұлы ойын
Korean: ko 그레이트 게임
Latin: la Magnus Ludus
Latvian: lv Liela spele Lielā spēle
Malayalam: ml ഗ്രേറ്റ് ഗെയിം
Norwegian: no store spillet
Occitan: oc Grand Jòc m
Pashto: ps ستره لوبه
Persian: fa بازی بزرگ
Polish: pl Wielka Gra f
Portuguese: pt Grande Jogo m
Russian: ru Больша́я игра́ f
Slovak: sk Veľká hra
Spanish: es Gran Juego m
Swedish: sv stora spelet
Turkish: tr Büyük Oyun
Ukrainian: uk Велика гра f
Urdu: ur عظیم چالبازیاں
Uyghur: ug بۈيۈك ئويۇن
Vietnamese: vi Ván cờ Lớn
Welsh: cy Gêm Fawr
Zazaki: zza Kayo Gırd
Further reading
Great Game
Anagrams
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