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Proper noun
World War I
- (history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.
- Synonyms: 14-18, (Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s) European War, First World War, Great War, (Canada, US, obsolete, 1910s) (The) War in Europe, (dated) war to end all wars, (dated) World War
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Translations
war
- Afrikaans: Eerste Wêreldoorlog
- Arabic: اَلْحَرْبُ العَالَمِيَّةُ الْأُولَى f (al-ḥarbu l-ʕālamiyyatu l-ʔūlā)
- Armenian: առաջին համաշխարհային պատերազմ (aṙaǰin hamašxarhayin paterazm)
- Asturian: Primera Guerra Mundial f
- Bavarian: Easchta Wödkriag
- Belarusian: Пе́ршая сусве́тная вайна́ (be) f (Pjéršaja susvjétnaja vajná)
- Burmese: ပထမကမ္ဘာစစ် (pa.hta.ma.kambhacac)
- Catalan: Primera Guerra Mundial f
- Cebuano: Unang Gubat Kalibotanon
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 第一次世界大戰/第一次世界大战 (zh) (dìyīcì shìjiè dàzhàn)
- Crimean Tatar: Birinci Cian cenki
- Czech: první světová válka f
- Danish: første verdenskrig c, 1. verdenskrig c
- Dutch: Eerste Wereldoorlog (nl) f, Grote Oorlog m, Eerste Wereldkrijg m
- Esperanto: la unua mondmilito (eo)
- Estonian: Esimene maailmasõda
- Finnish: ensimmäinen maailmansota (fi)
- French: Première Guerre mondiale (fr) f
- Galician: Primeira Guerra Mundial f
- Georgian: პირველი მსოფლიო ომი (ṗirveli msoplio omi)
- German: Erster Weltkrieg (de)
- Alemannic German: Erst Wältchrieg, Erst Weltchrieg
- Greek: Α΄ Παγκόσμιος Πόλεμος (el) m
- Hungarian: első világháború (hu)
- Icelandic: Fyrri heimsstyrjöldin f
- Ido: Unesma Mondo-Milito
- Ilocano: Umuna a Sangalubongan a Gubat
- Indonesian: Perang Dunia Pertama (id)
- Interlingua: Prime Guerra Mundial
- Italian: Prima guerra mondiale f, Grande Guerra f
- Japanese: 第一次世界大戦 (ja), 第1次世界大戦 (だいいちじせかいたいせん, dai ichiji sekai taisen)
- Kazakh: Бірінші дүниежүзілік соғыс (Bırınşı düniejüzılık soğys)
- Khmer: សង្គ្រាមលោកលើកទី១ (songkreeum saagoloak dee mooay)
- Korean: 제일차 세계 대전, 제1차 세계 대전 (jeilcha segye daejeon)
- Kyrgyz: Биринчи дүйнөлүк согуш (Birinci düynölük soguş)
- Latvian: Pirmais pasaules karš m
- Luxembourgish: Éischte Weltkrich m
- Macedonian: Прва светска војна f (Prva svetska vojna), I светска војна f (I svetska vojna)
- Malay: Perang Dunia Pertama (ms)
- Maltese: L-Ewwel Gwerra Dinjija
- Maori: Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao
- Marathi: पहिले विश्व युद्ध n (pahile viśva yuddha)
- Navajo: áłtsé góneʼ yéigo daʼahijoogą́ą́ʼ
- Norman: La Preunmié Dgèrre Mondiale f
- Norwegian: første verdenskrig (no) m
- Persian: جنگ جهانی یکم (jang-e jahâni-ye yekom)
- Polish: pierwsza wojna światowa (pl) f, I wojna światowa (pl) f
- Portuguese: Primeira Guerra Mundial f
- Punjabi: ਪਹਿਲਾ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਯੁੱਧ m (pahilā viśav yuddha), ਪਹਿਲੀ ਸੰਸਾਰ ਜੰਗ m (pahilī sansār jaṅg)
- Romanian: Primul Război Mondial m
- Russian: Пе́рвая мирова́я война́ (ru) f (Pérvaja mirovája vojná)
- Scottish Gaelic: an Cogadh Mòr m
- Spanish: Primera Guerra Mundial (es) f
- Swahili: Vita Kuu ya Kwanza ya Dunia
- Swedish: första världskriget (sv) n
- Tagalog: Unang Digmaang Pandaigdig
- Telugu: మొదటి ప్రపంచ యుద్ధము (modaṭi prapañca yuddhamu)
- Thai: สงครามโลกครั้งที่หนึ่ง (sǒng-kraam-lôok-kráng-tîi-nʉ̀ng)
- Turkish: Birinci Dünya Savaşı (tr)
- Ukrainian: Пе́рша світова́ війна́ f (Pérša svitová vijná)
- Uzbek:
- Cyrillic: Биринчи Жаҳон Уруши (Birinchi Jahon Urushi)
- Latin: Birinchi Jahon Urushi
- Vietnamese: Chiến tranh thế giới thứ nhất, Đại chiến thế giới lần thứ nhất, Đệ nhất thế chiến, Thế chiến 1
- Volapük: volakrig balid
- Welsh: Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf (cy) m
- Yiddish: ערשטע וועלט מלחמה (Ershte Velt Milkhome)
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