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lost generation

lost generation proper noun: the generation that came of age during World War I.

Proper noun

the lost generation

  1. The generation that came of age during World War I.
  2. A group of American expatriate writers living in Paris during the 1920s.

lost generation meaning in Persian and Vietnamese

lost generation in Persian

Translations
نسل گمشده

lost generation in Vietnamese

Translations
thế hệ đã mất, thế hệ lạc loài

Origin of lost generation

Attributed to Gertrude Stein and popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s.

Questions about lost generation

What does lost generation mean?
Lost generation means the generation that came of age during World War I.
What is lost generation in Persian?
Lost generation in Persian is نسل گمشده. See Lost generation meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is lost generation?
Lost generation is a proper noun.

Words near lost generation in the dictionary

  1. lost errand
  2. lost errands
  3. lost face
  4. lost for words
  5. Lost Forty
  6. lost generation
  7. lost ground
  8. lost heart
  9. lost highway
  10. Lost Hills
  11. lost in action

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