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White Army

White Army proper noun: a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.

Proper noun

the White Army

  1. (historical) a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War

White Army meaning in Hindi and Vietnamese

White Army in Hindi

anti-Bolshevik armed groups
श्वेत सेना śvet senā

White Army in Vietnamese

anti-Bolshevik armed groups
Bạch vệ, Bạch quân

Origin of White Army

Calque of Russian Белая армия (Belaja armija). White was the traditional color of the antirevolutionary movement in some countries, adopted as a symbolic name by the Russian movement.

Questions about White Army

What does White Army mean?
White Army means a collation of anti-Bolshevik armed groups that fought the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
What is White Army in Hindi?
White Army in Hindi is श्वेत सेना (śvet senā). See White Army meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is White Army?
White Army is a proper noun.

Words near White Army in the dictionary

  1. white antelopes
  2. white ants
  3. white appliance
  4. white arm
  5. white arms
  6. White Army
  7. white arsenic
  8. white arsenic oxide
  9. white as a ghost
  10. white as a sheet
  11. white as driven snow

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