Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

continental system

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: con-ti-nen-tal sys-tem
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.

Inflected Forms

the Continental System (canonical)

Questions

What does continental system mean?: A large-scale embargo by French emperor Napoleon I against the British Empire from 21 November 1806 until 11 April 1814, during the Napoleonic Wars.

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