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Meaning of "World War Two" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLD WAR TWO

World War Two  [wɜːld wɔː tuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLD WAR TWO

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determiner
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World War Two is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORLD WAR TWO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

World War Two

World War II

United Kingdom Soviet Union United States France China Poland Canada Australia Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium South Africa New Zealand Norway Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Denmark Luxembourg Cuba Mexico Client and puppet states: India Philippines Mongolia Axis Germany Japan Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria Co-belligerents: Finland Thailand Iraq Client and puppet states: Albania Croatia Slovakia Japan's Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere puppets Manchukuo China-Nanjing Mengjiang Philippines Burma Azad Hind Vietnam Commanders and leaders Allied leaders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin D. Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek Axis leaders Adolf Hitler Hirohito Benito Mussolini Casualties and losses Military dead: Over 16,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 45,000,000 Total dead: Over 61,000,000 ...further details Military dead: Over 8,000,000 Civilian dead: Over 4,000,000 Total dead: Over 12,000,000 ...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORLD WAR TWO


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Chengdu
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go-to
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hitherto
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into
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ratu
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set-to
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surtout
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thereto
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to
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ˈtuːtuː
two
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLD WAR TWO

World Fair
World Health Organization
World Heritage Site
world language
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world music
world of one´s own
world power
world record
world scale
World Series
World Service
world title
World Trade Center
World Trade Organization
world view
World War I
World War II
World War One
World Wide Web

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLD WAR TWO

four-by-two
half two
in two
Iwo
Maewo
number two
one or two
one-two
sixty-two
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Synonyms and antonyms of World War Two in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «World War Two» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORLD WAR TWO

Find out the translation of World War Two to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of World War Two from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «World War Two» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

二战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

La Segunda Guerra Mundial
570 millions of speakers

English

World War Two
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दो विश्व युद्ध
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحرب العالمية الثانية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Вторая мировая война
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Segunda Guerra Mundial
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশ্বযুদ্ধ দুই
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Deuxième Guerre mondiale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perang Dunia Kedua
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zweiter Weltkrieg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

第二次世界大戦
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세계 대전
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Perang Donya II
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Chiến tranh thế giới thứ hai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இரண்டாம் உலக போர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विश्व युद्ध दोन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İkinci dünya savaşı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Seconda Guerra Mondiale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Druga wojna światowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Друга світова війна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Al Doilea Război Mondial
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Tweede Wêreldoorlog
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Världskriget
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Verdenskrig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of World War Two

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD WAR TWO»

The term «World War Two» is quite widely used and occupies the 44.090 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLD WAR TWO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about World War Two

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLD WAR TWO»

Discover the use of World War Two in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to World War Two and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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World War Two: A Short History
Over 60 million people perished in World War Two, and the story of how the conflict roared to life from the ashes of the Great War is shocking, tragic, and also completely preventable in hindsight.
Norman Stone, 2013
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Imperial Japan's World War Two: 1931-1945
This book will be of intense interest to Asian specialists, and those concerned with human rights issues in a historical context.
Werner Gruhl, 2011
3
World War Two
Certain to appeal to both military history buffs and general readers alike, this complete visual account of the Second World WarQwritten by the author of "Bombers, The Citadel," and "Unsung Heroines"Qincludes more than 40 maps and over 500 ...
Hedley P. Willmott, 2004
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World War Two
For World War II enthusiasts. Author Michael J. Lyons has drawn from the vast array of new historical literature to update this fourth edition.
Michael J. Lyons, 2004
5
Nationalising Femininity: Culture, Sexuality and Cinema in ...
Such questions are explored in this collection of essays which brings together the work of prominent feminist researchers in film, media studies and social history.
Christine Gledhill, Gillian Swanson, 1996
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World War Two: A Military History
World War II was the sum of numerous related conflicts with their own causes, patterns and outcomes. This convincing survey takes a global perspective to explain the complicated course of the war in military terms.
Jeremy Black, 2003
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Battleships of World War Two: An International Encyclopedia
By the acclaimed author of Destroyers of World War Two, this book is a fully illustrated and highly detailed overview of the capital ships that saw action in the last war.
M. J. Whitley, 2001
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Naval Weapons of World War Two
The size, scope and originality of this work make it one of the most important reference works available on naval warfare during the Second World War.
John Campbell, 2002
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Over There: Living with the U.S. Military Empire from World ...
A collection of essays exploring the world-wide U.S. military base system and its interplay with social relations of gender and sexuality in the U.S. and foreign host nations. ""Over There" is a splendid book.
Maria Höhn, Seungsook Moon, 2010
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Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two
This volume portrays the daily life of ordinary Japanese civilians on the home front during World War Two.
Thomas R. H. Havens, 1978

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLD WAR TWO»

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Brad Pitt hopes Fury 'respects' World War Two soldiers
Brad Pitt said he hoped his new film Fury recognised the trauma suffered by soldiers in World War Two as it closed this year's BFI London Film Festival. "War is ... «BBC News, Oct 14»

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