PERSIAN GULF WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Persian Gulf War mean? 

• PERSIAN GULF WAR (noun)
  The noun PERSIAN GULF WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991

  Familiarity information: PERSIAN GULF WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERSIAN GULF WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A war fought between Iraq and a coalition led by the United States that freed Kuwait from Iraqi invaders; 1990-1991

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Gulf War; Persian Gulf War

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Persian Gulf War"):

Operation Desert Storm (the United States and its allies defeated Iraq in a ground war that lasted 100 hours (1991))