BATTLE OF TEUTOBURGER WALD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Teutoburger Wald mean? 

• BATTLE OF TEUTOBURGER WALD (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF TEUTOBURGER WALD has 1 sense:

1. a battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions

  Familiarity information: BATTLE OF TEUTOBURGER WALD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF TEUTOBURGER WALD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A battle in 9 AD in which the Germans under Arminius annihilated three Roman Legions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Teutoburger Wald; Teutoburger Wald

Instance hypernyms:

pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)

Domain region:

Deutschland; Federal Republic of Germany; FRG; Germany (a republic in central Europe; split into East Germany and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990)