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SIX-DAY WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Six-Day War mean? 

SIX-DAY WAR (noun)
  The noun SIX-DAY WAR has 1 sense:

1. tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle Eastplay

  Familiarity information: SIX-DAY WAR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SIX-DAY WAR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June 1967; Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Arab-Israeli War; Six-Day War; Six Day War

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

Middle East; Mideast; Near East (the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century)


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