English Explanatory Dictionary

Hyphen War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The conflict over the naming of Czechoslovakia after the fall of the communist government in 1989.

Word forms

Hyphen War the Hyphen War

Etymology

In reference to the hyphen or dash between the Czech and Slovak components of various proposed names.

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