Great War en · PROPN
Meanings
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Epithet for World War I.
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.
1939 September, T. R. Perkins, “The G.W.R. in West Wales”, in Railway Magazine, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Great War | canonical | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (12)
ar اَلْحَرْب الْعُظْمَى (epithet for World War I) · pl Wielka Wojna (epithet for World War I) · cmn 一戰 /一战 (epithet for World War I) · de Großer Krieg (epithet for World War I) · fi suuri sota (epithet for World War I) · tr Büyük Harp (epithet for World War I) · ru Великая война (epithet for World War I) · es Gran Guerra (epithet for World War I) · fr Grande Guerre (epithet for World War I) · nl Grote Oorlog (epithet for World War I) · id Perang Besar (epithet for World War I) · sv världskriget (epithet for World War I)