# Cold War

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˌkəʊld ˈwɔː/

## Definitions
1. The period of hostility short of open war between the Soviet Bloc and the Western powers, especially the United States, between 1945 and 1991.

## Etymology
Coined by American journalist Herbert Bayard Swope in 1947, in a speech he wrote for Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), an American financier and adviser to President Woodrow Wilson.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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