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opium war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables
opi-um war
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

Etymology

opium + war. From being a military conflict over the drug opium.

Inflected Forms

Opium Wars (plural)

Phrases

First Opium War Opium Wars Second Opium War

Frequently Paired Words

First Opium War opium Opium Wars Second Opium War war

Questions

What does opium war mean?
The First Opium War or the Second Opium War, two Anglo-Chinese wars relating to opium trade in the mid-19th century.
Where does opium war come from?
opium + war. From being a military conflict over the drug opium.

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