"Axis power" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Axis powers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Axis power}} Axis power (plural Axis powers)
  1. (chiefly in the plural) A country in the alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Nazi Germany, fascist Italy, imperial Japan, and a few other countries, which opposed the Allies. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): History, World War II Translations (member country of the World War II Axis): قوة التحلف (Arabic), 軸心國 (Chinese Mandarin), 轴心国 (zhóuxīnguó) (Chinese Mandarin), Osa [feminine] (Czech), Asmogendheid [feminine] (Dutch), akselivallat [plural] (Finnish), potencia do Eixe (Galician), Achsenmacht [feminine] (German), धुरीराष्ट्र (dhurīrāṣṭra) [masculine] (Hindi), tengelyhatalom (Hungarian), Asse [masculine] (Italian), Potenze dell'Asse (Italian), 枢軸国 (sūjikukoku) (Japanese), 추축국 (chuchukguk) (alt: 樞軸國) (Korean), kuasa Paksi (Malay), Тэнхлэгийн гүрэн (Tenxlegiin güren) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), نیروهای محور (niruhâye mehvar) (Persian), متحدین (motahedin) (Persian), [feminine] (Polish), Eixo [masculine] (Portuguese), ось (osʹ) [feminine] (Russian), potencia del Eje [feminine] (Spanish), axelmakterna (Swedish), అక్ష రాజ్యాలు (akṣa rājyālu) (Telugu), อักษะ (Thai), khối Trục (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Axis_power-en-noun-7~wTQ2D3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
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      "word": "Potenze dell'Asse"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "枢軸国"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chuchukguk",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "추축국"
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      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "kuasa Paksi"
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      "roman": "Tenxlegiin güren",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Тэнхлэгийн гүрэн"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "niruhâye mehvar",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "نیروهای محور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "motahedin",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "متحدین"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Eixo"
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      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "axelmakterna"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "అక్ష రాజ్యాలు"
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      "code": "th",
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      "sense": "member country of the World War II Axis",
      "word": "อักษะ"
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