"thanks to" meaning in English

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Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} thanks to, {{en-prep}} thanks to
  1. Because of; normally used with a positive connotation, though it can be used sarcastically. Translations (because of): danksy (Afrikaans), بِفَضْل (bifaḍl) (Arabic), بفضل (befaḍl) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), арҡаһында (arqahında) (Bashkir), дзя́куючы (dzjákujučy) (Belarusian), gràcies a (Catalan), 由於 (Chinese Mandarin), 由于 (yóuyú) (Chinese Mandarin), díky (Czech), takket være (Danish), dankzij (Dutch), dank' al (Esperanto), ansiosta [postpositional, with-genitive] (Finnish), kiitos [with-genitive] (Finnish), grâce à (French), grazas a (Galician), dank (German), χάρη σε (chári se) (Greek), הודות ל- (hodot le-) (Hebrew), köszönhetően (Hungarian), karena (Indonesian), berkat (Indonesian), gratias a (Interlingua), grazie a (Italian), おかげで (okage de) (Japanese), 덕택에 (deoktaege) (Korean), dzięki (Polish), graças a (Portuguese), mulțumită (Romanian), datorită (Romanian), благодаря́ (blagodarjá) (Russian), gracias a (Spanish), merced a (Spanish), tack vare (Swedish), завдяки́ (zavdjaký) (Ukrainian), nhờ vào (Vietnamese), nhờ (Vietnamese)

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