"Great Patriotic War" meaning in English

See Great Patriotic War in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: the Great Patriotic War [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná). This term was first used in 1844 to refer to the Russian resistance and victory over Napoleon's invasion, and was evoked again in 1912 during the centenary of the French defeat. In 1941, the newspaper Pravda used the term for the defence against the German invasion of the Soviet Union, in order to motivate citizens to unite and fight. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́}} Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná) Head templates: {{en-prop|def=1|head=Great Patriotic War}} the Great Patriotic War
  1. (historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) the German-Soviet war (a portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945) Wikipedia link: Great Patriotic War (term) Tags: historical Categories (topical): Nationalism, Wars, World War II Categories (place): Russia, Soviet Union Related terms: Victory Day Translations (the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945): الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى (alt: al-ḥarb al-waṭaniyya(t) al-ʕuẓmā) [feminine] (Arabic), Հայրենական մեծ պատերազմ (Hayrenakan mec paterazm) (Armenian), Böyük Vətən müharibəsi (Azerbaijani), Бөйөк Ватан һуғышы (Böyök Vatan huğışı) (Bashkir), Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ (Vjalíkaja Ajčýnnaja vajná) [feminine] (Belarusian), Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ (Velíka Otéčestvena vojná) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 衛國戰爭 (Chinese Mandarin), 卫国战争 (Wèiguó Zhànzhēng) (Chinese Mandarin), Velká vlastenecká válka [feminine] (Czech), Suureks isamaasõjaks (Estonian), Grande Guerre patriotique [feminine] (French), დიდი სამამულო ომი (didi samamulo omi) (Georgian), Großer Vaterländischer Krieg [masculine] (German), महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध (mahān deśbhaktipūrṇ yuddh) [masculine] (Hindi), Nagy Honvédő Háború (Hungarian), جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی (jang-e kabir-e mihani) (Iranian Persian), Grande Guerra Patriottica [feminine] (Italian), 大祖国戦争 (Dai Sokoku Sensō) (alt: だいそこくせんそう) (Japanese), Ұлы Отан соғысы (Ūly Otan soğysy) (Kazakh), 대조국전쟁 (Daejogukjeonjaeng) (alt: 大祖國戰爭) (Korean), Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш (Uluu Ata-Mekendik soguş) (Kyrgyz), Lielais Tēvijas karš [masculine] (Latvian), Didysis Tėvynės karas [masculine] (Lithuanian), wielka wojna ojczyźniana [feminine] (Polish), Marele Război Patriotic [neuter] (Romanian), Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná) [feminine] (Russian), ВОВ (VOV) [feminine] (Russian), Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Veľká vlastenecká vojna [feminine] (Slovak), Gran Guerra Patria [feminine] (Spanish), Gran Guerra Patriótica [feminine] (Spanish), Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ (Jang-i Buzurg-i Vatani) (Tajik), Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı (Turkish), Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ (Velýka Vitčyznjána vijná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi (Uzbek), Улуғ Ватан Уруши (Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi) [Cyrillic] (Uzbek)
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      "alt": "al-ḥarb al-waṭaniyya(t) al-ʕuẓmā",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "Velíka Otéčestvena vojná",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "衛國戰爭"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Wèiguó Zhànzhēng",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "卫国战争"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "Suureks isamaasõjaks"
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      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Grande Guerre patriotique"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "didi samamulo omi",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "დიდი სამამულო ომი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Großer Vaterländischer Krieg"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "mahān deśbhaktipūrṇ yuddh",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "Nagy Honvédő Háború"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Grande Guerra Patriottica"
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      "alt": "だいそこくせんそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Dai Sokoku Sensō",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "大祖国戦争"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "Ūly Otan soğysy",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
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      "alt": "大祖國戰爭",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Daejogukjeonjaeng",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "대조국전쟁"
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      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
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      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
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      "code": "lv",
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      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
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      "code": "lt",
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      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
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      "code": "fa-ira",
      "lang": "Iranian Persian",
      "roman": "jang-e kabir-e mihani",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "جَنْگِ کَبیرِ میهَنی"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "wielka wojna ojczyźniana"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Marele Război Patriotic"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "VOV",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ВОВ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Veľká vlastenecká vojna"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gran Guerra Patria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Gran Guerra Patriótica"
    },
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      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Jang-i Buzurg-i Vatani",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "Büyük Yurtseverlik Savaşı"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Velýka Vitčyznjána vijná",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "word": "Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "roman": "Ulugʻ Vatan Urushi",
      "sense": "the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
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      "word": "Улуғ Ватан Уруши"
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  "word": "Great Patriotic War"
}

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