"Pacific War" meaning in All languages combined

See Pacific War on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: the Pacific War [canonical]
Etymology: From Pacific + war, due to it being fought in the Pacific Ocean, and along its coasts. Etymology templates: {{com|en|Pacific|war}} Pacific + war Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|def=1|head=Pacific War}} the Pacific War
  1. (historical) The Pacific theater of World War II, from 1941-1945. Tags: historical Synonyms: War in the Pacific Coordinate_terms: European War Translations (theatre of World War II): guerre du Pacifique [feminine] (French), Perang Pasifik (Indonesian), Perang Pasifik (Malay), Guerra do Pacífico [feminine] (Portuguese), Guerra del Pacífico [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Pacific_War-en-name-~mFTdE3Q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, World War II Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of World War II: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'theatre of World War II': 91 9
  2. (historical, somewhat uncommon) Synonym of War of the Pacific, from 1879-1884. (a war between Bolivia, Chile and Peru). Tags: historical, uncommon Synonyms: War of the Pacific [synonym, synonym-of], from 1879-1884 [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Pacific_War-en-name-PIsEpS~x Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 57
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