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Gulf War

name

Etymology

gulf + war. From ellipsis of Persian Gulf.

  1. derived from *wers-✻ — “to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”
  2. derived from *werʀu✻ — “confusion; quarrel”
  3. derived from werra
  4. derived from guerre//werre
  5. inherited from werre//wyrre
  6. inherited from werre
  7. compounded as gulf war — “gulf + war”

Definitions

  1. One of several wars fought at the Persian Gulf in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

  2. Principally the one from 1990 to 1991

    Principally the one from 1990 to 1991; a war principally involving Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United States of America, and a coalition of forces lead by the U.S.

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