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pig war

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.12 in modern English

Syllables
pig war
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Inflected Forms

the Pig War (canonical)

Synonyms

Pig and Potato War Pig Episode Northwestern Boundary Dispute San Juan Boundary Dispute

Questions

What does pig war mean?
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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