"Spanish influenza" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Named after Spain, which reported on the spread of disease as a neutral state while most other countries fighting World War I impose censorship, leading to a mistaken impression that it was concentrated in Spain. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Spanish influenza (uncountable)
  1. (pathology) A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Historical events, Pathology, Viral diseases Synonyms: purulent bronchitis, Spanish Influenza, Spanish flu, Spanish Flu Related terms: heliotrope cyanosis, H1N1 Coordinate_terms: swine flu, bird flu Translations (influenza pandemic): 西班牙流感 (Xībānyá liúgǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), španělská chřipka [feminine] (Czech), spanske syge (Danish), Spaanse griep (Dutch), hispana gripo (Esperanto), Hispaania gripp (Estonian), espanjantauti (Finnish), gripe española [feminine] (Galician), gripo [masculine] (Galician), Spanische Grippe [feminine] (German), spanyolnátha (Hungarian), spænska veikin (Icelandic), gripe espanhola [feminine] (Portuguese), испа́нка (ispánka) [feminine] (Russian), gripe española [feminine] (Spanish), gripe de 1918 [feminine] (Spanish), gripe de [feminine] (Spanish), spanska sjukan (Swedish)

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