Great War

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Great War

proper noun the Great War

  1. 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.

    Similar: war to end all wars

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name epithet for World War I

EspañolGran Guerra
中文一戰 /一战 Yīzhàn
PortuguêsGrande Guerra
FrançaisGrande Guerre
DeutschGroßer Krieg
РусскийВеликая война Velikaja vojna
العربيةاَلْحَرْب الْعُظْمَى al-ḥarb al-ʕuẓmā

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@misc{great_war_2026,
  title = {Great War},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/great%20war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}