English Explanatory Dictionary

Bay of Pigs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A bay in Southern Cuba, the site of a famous failed CIA invasion in 1961.

Word forms

Bay of Pigs

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bahía de Cochinos.

Derived words

Bayou of Pigs
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