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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions Great Satan proper noun great, Great Satan A source of great evil. 1948: w:Mahatma Ghandi, Mahatma Ghandi, Council Bluffs Nonpareil :Imperialism is the great Satan of our day. (pejorative) The United States of America, usu. from the point of view of Iran, the Middle East, or Muslims in general. 2007: Alexander Cockburn, Will they nuke Iran?, The Free Press http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/2/2007/1498 :Ahmadinejad, facing serious political problems, can posture about standing up to the . 2007: Swapan Dasgupta, Muslims aren't the only voters, The Pioneer http://www.dailypioneer.com/columnist1.asp?main_variable=Columnist&file_name=swapan%2Fswapan132.txt&writer=swapan :Or, have Muslims been alienated from the Congress because of the Prime Minister's warm embrace of the ? Etymology: In the sense of the USA, a calque of Persian ÙÙ Ú (Shaytan Bozorg), a name for the largest of the three jamarat at which stones are thrown during the Hajj.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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