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- Dutch · calque ofTachtigjarige Oorlog
- English todayEighty Years' War
Calque of Dutch Tachtigjarige Oorlog.
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Eighty Years' War
Today it means: The conflict in the Low Countries against Spanish rule, from 1568 to 1648, that gradually turned into a Dutch war of independence. Full definition →
Dutch Tachtigjarige Oorlog