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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An international organization formed in 1920 to promote cooperation and peace among nations; although suggested by Woodrow Wilson, the United States never joined and it remained powerless; it was dissolved in 1946 after the United Nations was formed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("League of Nations" is a kind of...):
global organization; international organisation; international organization; world organisation; world organization (an international alliance involving many different countries)
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