Translation of "league of nations" to French

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Dictionary translations for "league of nations"

League of nations noun

Société des nations f (hist)

Contexts with "league of nations"

This is a difficult responsibility to embrace. For human history has often been a record of nations and tribes subjugating one another to serve their own interests. Yet in this new age, such attitudes are self-defeating. C'est une responsabilité difficile à assumer. Car l'histoire humaine a souvent été un récit de nations et de tribus se subjuguant les unes les autres, pour servir leurs intérêts propres. Cependant dans ce nouvel âge, de telles attitudes sont contre-productives.

The league originally referred to the distance a person or a horse could walk in an hour. La lieue a comme origine la distance que peut parcourir un homme ou un cheval en une heure.

Nations are not to be judged by their size any more than individuals. On ne juge pas plus les Nations par leur taille que les individus.

Both nations entered into a war. Les deux nations entrèrent en guerre.

The happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history. Les femmes les plus heureuses, à l'instar des nations les plus heureuses, n'ont pas d'Histoire.

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