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League of Nations

League of Nations

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An international group created after World War I to keep peace, ended in 1946 and replaced by the United Nations
  • proper noun
translation icon : Liga de Naciones
  • Following the devastation of World War I, the League of Nations was established to promote international cooperation.
  • League of Nations Covenant
  • League of Nations Council
  • League of Nations mandate

We created the League of Nations and the United Nations.

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Examples

  • after World War One, the League of Nations was formed, which would eventually become the United Nations.

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  • After bilateral talks led nowhere, the Bulgarian government appealed to the League of Nations.

    Academic text (1995)

  • We created the League of Nations and the United Nations.

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  • Their economic situation was significantly helped by assistance from the League of Nations.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Hungary was admitted to the League of Nations in September 1922.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The committee's draft agreement was submitted in 1930 at a meeting called by the League of Nations.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The League of Nations promised an international forum for grievances, complete with its own court of law.

    Genocide (1982)

  • Roosevelt's plan was a revision of the Covenant of the League of Nations to provide it with greater power.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Shidehara repeatedly affirmed his confidence in the League of Nations as a mechanism for maintaining world peace.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The history of Southeastern Europe in the interwar period highlights the League of Nations' predicament.

    Academic text (1995)

Surface Forms

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Morphology

league + of + nation

The meaning 'an alliance/organization of nations' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'league' (an organized alliance) with 'nations' (states or peoples); a learner who knows these words will understand it denotes an organization of countries. Although it is a specific historical proper name (so historical details may not be known), the compositional structure is clear and cross-linguistically familiar, making the phrase understandable to B1 learners.

Etymology

League of Nations was set up after World War I as a group of countries who tried to keep peace. The name shows the idea: league means a group and nations means countries, so it pictures countries joining together to 'prevent wars', which is why the phrase refers to that early international organization.