LEAGUE OF NATIONS

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 I. (noun) 

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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

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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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