SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish-American War mean? 

• SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (noun)
  The noun SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war between the United States and Spain in 1898

  Familiarity information: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (noun)

Meaning:

A war between the United States and Spain in 1898

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Spanish War; Spanish-American War

Instance hypernyms:

war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)

Meronyms (parts of "Spanish-American War"):

Manila Bay (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet)

Santiago; Santiago de Cuba (a naval battle in the Spanish-American War (1898); the United States fleet bottled up the Spanish ships in the harbor of Santiago de Cuba and destroyed them when they tried to escape)