Definition of Spanish-American War

1. Noun. A war between the United States and Spain in 1898.

Exact synonyms: Spanish War
Generic synonyms: War, Warfare
Terms within: Manila Bay, Santiago, Santiago De Cuba

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spanish-American War

Space Shuttle
Space Shuttles
Spackle
Spaghetti Western
Spain
Spalacidae
Spalax
Spalding
Spallanzani
Spallanzani's law
Spandau
Spanglish
Spaniard
Spaniards
Spanish
Spanish-American War (current term)
Spanish-speaking
Spanish American
Spanish Arabic
Spanish Armada
Spanish Civil War
Spanish Guinea
Spanish Inquisition
Spanish Main
Spanish Netherlands
Spanish Sahara
Spanish Sign Language
Spanish Town
Spanish Virgin Islands
Spanish War

Literary usage of Spanish-American War

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"BJK THE Spanish-American War: 1898 Bigelow, Capí. ... Spanish-American war : a collection of documents relating to the squadron operations in the West ..."

2. The Literature of American History: A Bibliographical Guide, in which the by Josephus Nelson Larned (1902)
"BJR THE Spanish-American War: 1898 Bigelow, I'.ii'! ... Spanish- American war : a collection of documents relating to the squadron operations In the West ..."

3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1910)
"... Society of Foreign Wars and the Society of the Spanish-American war; and belongs to the Army and Navy, and Metropolitan clubs of Washington, DC, ..."

4. Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute by United States Naval Institute (1899)
"SKETCHES FROM THE Spanish-American War. By COMMANDER J—. ... are a continuation of Sketches from the Spanish-American War, by the same officer, ..."

5. Guide to the Study and Reading of American History by Edward Channing, Albert Bushnell Hart, Frederick Jackson Turner (1912)
"CHAPTER XXXIII THE TRANSFORMING NATION, 1898-1910 § 265. Cuba and the Spanish-American War, 1896-1899 Summary.—-Cuba: earlier American interests ..."

6. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1904)
"Battleship Indiana, and her part in the Spanish-American war. . . together with the annual report of the commanding officer, war reports, and some general ..."

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