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Glorious Thirty

Glorious Thirty proper noun: a thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.

Proper noun

the Glorious Thirty

  1. (historical) A thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.

Origin of Glorious Thirty

Calque of French Trente Glorieuses, first used in the title of a 1979 book on the topic by the French demographer Jean Fourastié.

Questions about Glorious Thirty

What does Glorious Thirty mean?
Glorious Thirty means a thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.
What part of speech is Glorious Thirty?
Glorious Thirty is a proper noun.

Words near Glorious Thirty in the dictionary

  1. gloriosky
  2. glorioso
  3. gloriosos
  4. glorious
  5. Glorious Revolution
  6. Glorious Thirty
  7. Glorious Twelfth
  8. gloriouser
  9. gloriousest
  10. gloriously
  11. gloriousness

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