Mexican War
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- noun
- /ˈmɛksɪkən wɔr/
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Guerra Mexicana
- Texas joined the Union in 1845, beginning the Mexican War.
I said this before, one term in the Mexican War, He voted against the Mexican War.
- I said this before, one term in the Mexican War, He voted against the Mexican War.
Examples
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Our pantheon of patriotic heroes includes in its number Abraham Lincoln, who, as a young member of Congress, opposed the Mexican War.
Academic text (2004) -
Texas joined the American union, and its border dispute with Mexico precipitated the Mexican War.
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We took half of Mexico in the Mexican War.
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Did America steal half of Mexico in the Mexican War?
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Did the United States steal half of Mexico in the Mexican War?
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And of course, America was an empire in the days of the Mexican War.
Blog text (8) -
Men who served in the Mexican War also experienced charreria firsthand and wrote lengthy accounts of what they had seen.
Academic text (1994) -
A Northerner, Farnum was a Mexican War hero who had fought under Gen. William Walker, the most noted filibusterer of the day.
Academic text (2009) -
Gold, sent from California by Mormons who were Mexican War veterans, was used to print paper money (Alexander and Allen 1984, 39).
Academic text (1997) -
The Mexican War led to significant territorial changes for the United States.
Synonyms
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A war between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 that gave the United States large Southwest lands
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'Mexican' (relating to Mexico) with 'war' (armed conflict), denoting a war involving Mexico. This simple compositional pattern (country adjective + war) is common cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will infer the general meaning even if they lack historical details.
Etymology
Mexican War gets its name because it was a war 'between the United States and Mexico' from 1846 to 1848, with most fighting on Mexican soil. So the name simply points to the two countries in the conflict and now refers to that war which gave the United States new land.