American Civil War
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- proper noun
- /əˈmɛrɪkən ˈsɪvəl wɔr/
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Guerra Civil Americana
- During the American Civil War, battles were fought across many states, changing the course of the nation.
- American Civil War soldiers
- history of the American Civil War
So we could you speak to lessons you learn from civil wars, perhaps the American Civil War, any others?
- So we could you speak to lessons you learn from civil wars, perhaps the American Civil War, any others?
- Although a whole lot of believers in the Lost Cause about the American Civil War seem to argue that it just kind of happened.
- When he interviewed the young Americans, majority of them don't know who was in the North and the South in our American Civil War.
Examples
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In Lincoln's case, there were a few moments during the American Civil War that got a little tense.
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Many historians argue that the American Civil War was primarily about slavery and states' rights.
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Once he was called on to explain what he knew about the American Civil War.
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We're not even close to the environment that led to the American Civil War.
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Although expressed in general terms, the code was designed to meet the particular conditions of the American Civil War.
Academic text (2008) -
Women were the workforce during the American Civil War and never left.
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We collaborated to develop an inquiry unit on the American Civil War.
Academic text (2015) -
Liddell Hart believed that the West was the decisive theater of the American Civil War.
Academic text (1990) -
The Mount Vernon tomb, jointly guarded by Confederate and Union soldiers, was neutral ground during the American Civil War.
Academic text (1997) -
The American Civil War was a pivotal conflict in United States history, fought between 1861 and 1865.
Synonyms
A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern and Southern states
A war in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between northern and southern states
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'American' specifies the country, 'civil' (relating to citizens or internal affairs) combined with 'war' yields an internal conflict. The pattern 'civil war' (war among citizens) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent senses will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
American Civil War comes from the simple fact it was a war inside the United States. Civil here means a fight between people of the same country, not 'polite' behavior. It was the big fight between the Northern states called the Union and the Southern states called the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865 over issues like slavery, so the name simply means 'a war inside America'.