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CENTRAL POWERS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Central Powers mean? 

CENTRAL POWERS (noun)
  The noun CENTRAL POWERS has 1 sense:

1. in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Alliesplay

  Familiarity information: CENTRAL POWERS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTRAL POWERS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Central Powers" is a kind of...):

alignment; alinement; alliance; coalition (an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty)


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