English Explanatory Dictionary

Yom Kippur War

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. 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.

Word forms

Yom Kippur War the Yom Kippur War

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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

Related words

1973 Yom Kippur War
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