"Pax Americana" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Pāx Americāna, from pāx (“peace”) + Americāna (“American”) after the model of the imperial Roman Pāx Rōmāna and earlier British Pāx Britannica. Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|NL.|Pāx Americāna}} Learned borrowing from New Latin Pāx Americāna, {{m|la|pāx||peace}} pāx (“peace”), {{m|la|Americāna||American}} Americāna (“American”), {{m|la|Pāx Rōmāna}} Pāx Rōmāna, {{m|la|Pāx Britannica}} Pāx Britannica Head templates: {{en-proper noun|nolinkhead=1}} Pax Americana
  1. The period of relative peace in the Western world since the end of World War II in 1945, coinciding with the military and economic dominance of the United States. Wikipedia link: Pax Americana Categories (topical): Cold War, Geopolitics, Peace Categories (place): United States Synonyms: long peace Coordinate_terms: pāx Translations (period of relative peace in the Western world): pax americana (French), Pax Americana (German), パクス・アメリカーナ (pakusu amerikāna) (Japanese), 팍스 아메리카나 (pakseu amerikana) (Korean), Pax Americana (Latin), Pax Americana (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Pax_Americana-en-name-XVuhQESd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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