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Pig War

Pig War proper noun: a diplomatic dispute involving the United States and the United Kingdom over the Oregon Treaty boundary around the San Juan Islands, which began with an American farmer shooting a British company's pig in 1859.

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Proper noun

the Pig War

  1. (historical) A diplomatic dispute involving the United States and the United Kingdom over the Oregon Treaty boundary around the San Juan Islands, which began with an American farmer shooting a British company's pig in 1859.

Synonyms of Pig War

Questions about Pig War

What does Pig War mean?
Pig War means a diplomatic dispute involving the United States and the United Kingdom over the Oregon Treaty boundary around the San Juan Islands, which began with an American farmer shooting a British company's pig in 1859.
What part of speech is Pig War?
Pig War is a proper noun.

Words near Pig War in the dictionary

  1. pig stickers
  2. pig toilet
  3. pig toilets
  4. pig upon bacon
  5. pig upon pork
  6. Pig War
  7. pig yoke
  8. pig yokes
  9. pig's breakfast
  10. pig's breakfasts
  11. pig's cole

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