"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, 1940s onwards) The Pacific theater of World War II. Tags: historical Synonyms (WW2): War in the Pacific
    Sense id: en-Pacific_War-en-name-i12nu23a Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, World War II Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of World War II: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'WW2': 79 21
  2. (historical, 19th century, somewhat uncommon) Synonym of War of the Pacific (Chile–Peru War). Tags: historical, obsolete, uncommon Synonyms: War of the Pacific [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-Pacific_War-en-name-jaU7t847
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms (War of the Pacific on Wikipedia.): Chile–Peru War Coordinate_terms: European War
Disambiguation of 'War of the Pacific on Wikipedia.': 46 54
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