RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Russo-Japanese War mean? 

• RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR (noun)
  The noun RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR has 1 sense:

1. Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria

  Familiarity information: RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

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

Meronyms (parts of "Russo-Japanese War"):

Tsushima (a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait)