"Great War" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Forms: the Great War [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun|head=the Great War}} the Great War
  1. Epithet for World War I. Categories (topical): Historical events, History, War, World War I Synonyms: the war to end all wars Translations (epithet for World War I): 一戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 一战 (Yīzhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), suuri sota (Finnish), Grande Guerre [feminine] (French), Großer Krieg [masculine] (German), Wielka Wojna [feminine] (Polish), Великая война (Velikaja vojna) (Russian), världskriget [neuter] (Swedish), Büyük Harp (Turkish)

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