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yom kippur war

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
yom kip-pur war
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The fourth war fought in Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights between Israel and an Arabic coalition of states led by Egypt and Syria in October 1973.

Etymology

Yom Kippur + war. So named because the war broke out on Yom Kippur in 1973.

Inflected Forms

the Yom Kippur War (canonical)

Frequently Paired Words

1973 Yom Kippur War

Synonyms

1973 Arab-Israeli War Fourth Arab-Israeli War 4th Arab-Israeli War October War 1973 October War Ramadan War 1973 Ramadan War

Questions

What does yom kippur war mean?
The fourth war fought in Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights between Israel and an Arabic coalition of states led by Egypt and Syria in October 1973.
Where does yom kippur war come from?
Yom Kippur + war. So named because the war broke out on Yom Kippur in 1973.

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