WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does War of Greek Independence mean? 

• WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE (noun)
  The noun WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE has 1 sense:

1. the Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)

  Familiarity information: WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAR OF GREEK INDEPENDENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Instance hypernyms:

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