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nouna state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world
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Arabic قُوَّة عُظْمَى
- قُوَّة عُظْمَى (quwwa ʕuẓmā)powerful state
Bengali মহা শক্তি
- মহা শক্তি (moha śokti)powerful state
Bulgarian вели́ка си́ла, вели́ка държа́ва
- вели́ка си́ла (velíka síla)powerful state
- вели́ка държа́ва (velíka dăržáva)powerful state
Chinese Mandarin 大國 /大国, 強國 /强国
- 大國 /大国 (dàguó)powerful state
- 強國 /强国 (qiángguó)powerful state
- 列強 /列强 (lièqiáng)powerful state
Czech velmoc
- velmocpowerful state
Danish stormagt
- stormagtpowerful state
Dutch grootmacht, grote mogendheid
- grootmachtpowerful state
- grote mogendheidpowerful state
Estonian suurriik
- suurriikpowerful state
Finnish suurvalta
- suurvaltapowerful state
French grande puissance
- grande puissancepowerful state
German Großmacht
- Großmachtpowerful state
Greek μεγάλη δύναμη
- μεγάλη δύναμη (megáli dýnami)powerful state
Hebrew מַעֲצָמָה
- מַעֲצָמָה (ma'atsáma)powerful state
Hindi महाशक्ति
- महाशक्ति (mahāśakti)powerful state
Hungarian nagyhatalom
- nagyhatalompowerful state
Icelandic stórveldi
- stórveldipowerful state
Indonesian kekuatan besar
- kekuatan besarpowerful state
Italian grande potenza
- grande potenzapowerful state
Japanese 列強, 大国
- 列強 (rekkyō)powerful state
- 大国 (taikoku)powerful state
Korean 강대국, 열강
- 강대국 (gangdaeguk)powerful state
- 열강 (yeolgang)powerful state
- 대국 (daeguk)powerful state
Latvian lielvalsts
- lielvalstspowerful state
Lithuanian didžioji valstybė
- didžioji valstybėpowerful state
Malay kuasa besar
- kuasa besarpowerful state
Norwegian Bokmål stormakt
- stormaktpowerful state
Polish wielkie mocarstwo
- wielkie mocarstwopowerful state
Romanian mare putere
- mare puterepowerful state
Russian вели́кая держа́ва
- вели́кая держа́ва (velíkaja deržáva)powerful state
Slovak veľmoc
- veľmocpowerful state
Spanish gran potencia
- gran potenciapowerful state
Swedish stormakt
- stormaktpowerful state
Thai มหาอำนาจ
- มหาอำนาจ (má-hǎa-am-nâat)powerful state
Turkish büyük güç
- büyük güçpowerful state
Ukrainian вели́ка держа́ва
- вели́ка держа́ва (velýka deržáva)powerful state
Vietnamese đại cường quốc
- đại cường quốcpowerful state
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great power. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20power
MLA
“great power.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20power. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “great power,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/great%20power.
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