SPANISH CIVIL WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Spanish Civil War mean? 

• SPANISH CIVIL WAR (noun)
  The noun SPANISH CIVIL WAR has 1 sense:

1. civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANISH CIVIL WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

civil war (a war between factions in the same country)

Domain region:

Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)