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A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: purulent bronchitis
Antonyms: none provided
Alternative letter-case form of Spanish influenza.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Named after Spain, which reported on the spread of disease as a neutral state while most other countries fighting World War I impose censorship, leading to a mistaken impression that it was concentrated in Spain.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
西班牙流感
(Xībānyá liúgǎn)
— influenza pandemic
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Czech:
španělská chřipka
— influenza pandemic
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Danish:
spanske syge
— influenza pandemic
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Dutch:
Spaanse griep
— influenza pandemic
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Esperanto:
hispana gripo
— influenza pandemic
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Estonian:
Hispaania gripp
— influenza pandemic
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Finnish:
espanjantauti
— influenza pandemic
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Galician:
gripe española
— influenza pandemic
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Galician:
gripo
— influenza pandemic
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German:
Spanische Grippe
— influenza pandemic
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Hungarian:
spanyolnátha
— influenza pandemic
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Icelandic:
spænska veikin
— influenza pandemic
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Japanese:
スペイン風邪
(Supein kaze)
— influenza pandemic
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Japanese:
スペインかぜ
— influenza pandemic
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Macedonian:
шпански грип
(španski grip)
— influenza pandemic
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Polish:
hiszpanka
— influenza pandemic
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Portuguese:
gripe espanhola
— influenza pandemic
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Russian:
испа́нка
(ispánka)
— influenza pandemic
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Spanish:
gripe española
— influenza pandemic
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Spanish:
gripe de 1918
— influenza pandemic
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Spanish:
gripe de 18
— influenza pandemic
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Swedish:
spanska sjukan
— influenza pandemic