English Explanatory Dictionary

Winter War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A war between Finland and the Soviet Union from 1939 to 1940.

Word forms

Winter War the Winter War

Etymology

From winter + war; a calque of Finnish talvisota.

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