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Opium Wars

Opium Wars is the plural of Opium War.

Meaning of Opium War

Proper noun

Opium War (plural Opium Wars)

  1. (historical) The First Opium War or the Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars relating to opium trade in the mid-19th century.

Proper noun

the Opium Wars pl (plural only)

  1. (collective, noun, plural, plural-only) Collectively, the First Opium War and Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars of the 1800s, over the drug-dealing of the British into China.
    Synonyms:
    Chinese Opium Wars, First and Second Opium War, First and Second Opium Wars

Synonyms of Opium Wars

  • Chinese Opium Wars
  • First and Second Opium War
  • First and Second Opium Wars

Questions about Opium Wars

What does Opium Wars mean?
Opium Wars means collectively, the First Opium War and Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars of the 1800s, over the drug-dealing of the British into China.
What is Opium Wars the plural of?
Opium Wars is the plural of Opium War.
What part of speech is Opium Wars?
Opium Wars is a proper noun.

Words near Opium Wars in the dictionary

  1. opium pipe
  2. opium pipes
  3. opium poppies
  4. opium poppy
  5. Opium War
  6. Opium Wars
  7. opium-eater
  8. opium-eaters
  9. opium-eating
  10. opiumism
  11. opiumist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Opium Wars (page history and authors); Opium War (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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