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Bay of Pigs

Bay of Pigs proper noun: a bay in Southern Cuba, the site of a famous failed CIA invasion in 1961.

Proper noun

Bay of Pigs

  1. A bay in Southern Cuba, the site of a famous failed CIA invasion in 1961.

Origin of Bay of Pigs

Borrowed from Spanish bahía de Cochinos.

Words formed from Bay of Pigs

Questions about Bay of Pigs

What does Bay of Pigs mean?
Bay of Pigs means a bay in Southern Cuba, the site of a famous failed CIA invasion in 1961.
What part of speech is Bay of Pigs?
Bay of Pigs is a proper noun.

Words near Bay of Pigs in the dictionary

  1. Bay of Islands
  2. Bay of Kotor
  3. Bay of Mecklenburg
  4. Bay of Mexico
  5. Bay of Naples
  6. Bay of Pigs
  7. Bay of Plenty
  8. Bay of Quinte
  9. Bay of Riga
  10. Bay of Whales
  11. bay owl

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