Great Patriotic War

English

Etymology

Calque of Russian Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná).

Proper noun

Great Patriotic War

1. (historical, in Soviet or Russian contexts) A portion of World War II fought between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945.

Translations

the war between the USSR and Nazi Germany between 1941 and 1945

• Arabic: الْحَرْب الْوَطَنِيَّة الْعُظْمَى f (al-ḥarb al-waṭaniyya(t) al-ʕuẓmā)
• Belarusian: Вялі́кая Айчы́нная вайна́ f (Vjalíkaja Ajčýnnaja vajná)
• Bulgarian: Вели́ка Оте́чествена война́ f (Velíka Otéčestvena vojná)
• Georgian: დიდი სამამულო ომი (didi samamulo omi)
• German: Großer Vaterländischer Krieg m
• Hindi: महान देशभक्तिपूर्ण युद्ध m (mahān deśbhaktipūrṇ yuddh)
• Kazakh: Ұлы Отан соғысы (Ūly Otan soğysy)
• Kyrgyz: Улуу Ата-Мекендик согуш (Uluu Ata-Mekendik soguş)
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• Russian: Вели́кая Оте́чественная война́ (ru) f (Velíkaja Otéčestvennaja vojná), ВОВ (ru) f (VOV)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Вѐликӣ о̀таџбӣнскӣ ра̏т m

  Roman: Vèlikī òtadžbīnskī rȁt m

• Tajik: Ҷанги Бузурги Ватанӣ (Jang-i Buzurg-i Vatani)
• Ukrainian: Вели́ка Вітчизня́на війна́ f (Velýka Vitčyznjána vijná)