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BATTLE OF LULE BURGAS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Lule Burgas mean?
• BATTLE OF LULE BURGAS (noun)
The noun BATTLE OF LULE BURGAS has 1 sense:
1. the principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
Familiarity information: BATTLE OF LULE BURGAS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BATTLE OF LULE BURGAS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The principal battle of the Balkan Wars (1912); Bulgarian forces defeated the Turks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
battle of Lule Burgas; Lule Burgas
Instance hypernyms:
pitched battle (a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place)
Domain region:
Thrace (an ancient country and wine producing region in the east of the Balkan Peninsula to the north of the Aegean Sea; colonized by ancient Greeks; later a Roman province; now divided between Bulgaria and Greece and Turkey)
Holonyms ("battle of Lule Burgas" is a part of...):
Balkan Wars (two wars (1912-1913) that were fought over the last of the European territories of the Ottoman Empire and that left the area around Constantinople (now Istanbul) as the only Ottoman territory in Europe)
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