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RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Japanese victory in the war with Russia (1904-1905) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
war; warfare (the waging of armed conflict against an enemy)
Meronyms (parts of "Russo-Japanese War"):
Tsushima (a naval battle in the Russo-Japanese War (1905); the Japanese fleet defeated the Russian fleet in the Korean Strait)