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SPANISH CIVIL WAR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Civil war in Spain in which Franco succeeded in overthrowing the republican government; during the war Spain became a battleground for fascists and socialists from all countries; 1936-1939
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Instance hypernyms:
civil war (a war between factions in the same country)
Domain region:
Espana; Kingdom of Spain; Spain (a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power)