BATTLE OF ZAMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does battle of Zama mean? 

• BATTLE OF ZAMA (noun)
  The noun BATTLE OF ZAMA has 1 sense:

1. the battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BATTLE OF ZAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The battle in 202 BC in which Scipio decisively defeated Hannibal at the end of the second Punic War

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle of Zama; Zama

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

Republic of Tunisia; Tunisia (a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast; achieved independence from France in 1956)

Holonyms ("battle of Zama" is a part of...):

Punic War (one of the three wars between Carthage and Rome that resulted in the destruction of Carthage and its annexation by Rome; 264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, 149-146 BC)