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PEACE OF WESTPHALIA

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peace of Westphalia mean?

• PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (noun)
The noun PEACE OF WESTPHALIA has 1 sense:

1. the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648

Familiarity information: PEACE OF WESTPHALIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• PEACE OF WESTPHALIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Instance hypernyms:

pacification; peace; peace treaty (a treaty to cease hostilities)

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