SINO-JAPANESE WAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sino-Japanese War mean? 

• SINO-JAPANESE WAR (noun)
  The noun SINO-JAPANESE WAR has 1 sense:

1. a war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur

  Familiarity information: SINO-JAPANESE WAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SINO-JAPANESE WAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A war between China and Japan (1894 and 1895) over the control of the Korean Peninsula; China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Chino-Japanese War; Sino-Japanese War

Instance hypernyms:

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

Domain region:

Manchuria (a region in northeastern China)

Dae-Han-Min-Gook; Han-Gook; Korea; Korean Peninsula (an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook)