world war

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world war¹

noun world wars · world-war

  1. A war involving the major nations of the world. Their lips met in one long silent kiss, and a moment later he had gone to strike the first blow in the coming world-war, and to bring the beginning of sorrows on the Tyrant of the North.

World War²

proper noun the World War

  1. dated World War I. As late as the eve of the World War, two-thirds of the farm land belonged to only a quarter of a million proprietors: princes and barons and well-to-do townsmen.

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noun a war involving the major nations of the world

Españolguerra mundial
한국어세계 대전 segye daejeon
日本語世界大戦 sekai taisen
中文世界大戰 /世界大战 shìjiè dàzhàn
हिन्दीविश्वयुद्ध viśvayuddh, महासमर mahāsmar, महायुद्ध mahāyuddh, महाबेधक mahābedhak
Portuguêsguerra mundial
Françaisguerre mondiale
DeutschWeltkrieg
Ελληνικάπαγκόσμιος πόλεμος pagkósmios pólemos
Românărăzboi mondial
Русскиймирова́я война́ mirovája vojná
Tiếng Việtchiến tranh thế giới, thế chiến
العربيةحَرْب عَالَمِيَّة ḥarb ʕālamiyya, الْحَرْب الْعَالَمِيَّة al-ḥarb al-ʕālamiyya
עבריתמִלְחֶמֶת עוֹלָם milkhémet 'olám

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@misc{world_war_2026,
  title = {world war},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/world%20war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}