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Eastern Question

Eastern Question proper noun: the diplomatic and political issues raised by the decline and break-up of the Ottoman Empire.

Proper noun (1)

Eastern Question

  1. (historical) The diplomatic and political issues raised by the decline and break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
    • This was finalised a few weeks later at the Congress of Paris, called to settle the entire Eastern Question.1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 256

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Eastern question

Eastern question

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Eastern Question.

Forms of Eastern Question

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Questions about Eastern Question

What does Eastern Question mean?
Eastern Question means the diplomatic and political issues raised by the decline and break-up of the Ottoman Empire.
What part of speech is Eastern Question?
Eastern Question is a proper noun.

Words near Eastern Question in the dictionary

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