Speakur

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continuation war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.70 in modern English

Syllables
con-tin-u-a-tion war
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.

Etymology

From continuation + war; a calque of Finnish jatkosota. At its time, it was regarded as a continuation to the talvisota (“Winter War”) fought between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939-40.

Inflected Forms

the Continuation War (canonical)

Questions

What does continuation war mean?
The war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1941 to 1944.
Where does continuation war come from?
From continuation + war; a calque of Finnish jatkosota. At its time, it was regarded as a continuation to the talvisota (“Winter War”) fought between the Soviet Union and Finland in 1939-40.

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