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Belle epoque

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belle époquenoun(history) A period of European history, extending over several decades until the start of the First World War, characterized by artistic and cultural refinement.
épopéenounAlternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
middle agesnoun(history) The period of primarily European history between the decline of the Western Roman Empire (antiquity) and the early modern period or the Renaissance; the time between c. 500 and 1500 CE.
belles lettresnounAlternative form of belles-lettres. [(obsolete) The humanities.]
dark agesnoun(see usage notes) The period of European history encompassing (roughly) 476–1000 CE.
neo-baroquenounA period in western architecture and music in the late 19th century, characterized by the Baroque style but occurring after the Baroque period.
late antiquitynoun(history) The period of Mediterranean and Eurasian history from around the 3rd to the 7th centuries CE, marked especially by the transition from the Roman and Persian Empires to the Middle Ages and the Islamic and Byzantine civilizations.
world war 1nounAlternative form of World War I. [(history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.]
epopeanounAlternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
beaux artsnounAlternative form of beaux-arts. [The fine arts, especially in reference to the widely imitated conventional type of art and architecture advocated at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.]
1920'sAlternative form of 1920s. [The decade from 1920 to 1929.]
epopoeianounAlternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
world war onenounAlternative form of World War I. [(history) The war from 1914 to 1918 between the Entente Powers of the British Empire, Russian Empire, France, Italy, the United States and other allied nations, against the Central Powers represented by the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.]
'14-'18nounAlternative form of 14-18. [Synonym of World War I.]
post-colonialismnounAlternative spelling of postcolonialism. [An era or attitude relating to the period after the settlement of one country by another, or very broadly, after the 1960s, when many colonised countries gained their independence.]
1930'sAlternative form of 1930s. [The decade from 1930 to 1939.]
1910'sAlternative form of 1910s. [The decade from 1910 to 1919.]
'80snounAlternative spelling of 80s. [The decade of the 1980s.]
abbevileannounAlternative form of Abbevillian. [(archaeology, dated) Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.]
pleiocenenounAlternative form of Pliocene. [(geology) Of a geologic epoch within the Neogene period from about 5.3 to 1.7 million years ago; marked by the appearance of humanity's first ancestors.]

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