Eighty Years' War

English

Etymology

Calque of Dutch Tachtigjarige Oorlog.

Proper noun

Eighty Years' War

1. (historical) The conflict in the Low Countries against Spanish rule, from 1568 to 1648, that gradually turned into a Dutch war of independence.

Translations

Dutch war of independence

• Afrikaans: Tagtigjarige Oorlog
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 八十年戰爭 / 八十年战争 (zh) (bāshí nián zhànzhēng)

• Danish: Firsårskrigen
• Dutch: Tachtigjarige Oorlog (nl) m
• Finnish: kahdeksankymmenvuotinen sota
• German: Achtzigjähriger Krieg (de) m
• Marathi: ऐंशी वर्षांचे युद्ध n (aiuśī varṣāñce yuddha)
• Spanish: guerra de los Ochenta Años f
• Thai: สงครามแปดสิบปี
• West Frisian: Tachtichjierrige Oarloch c

See also

• Thirty Years' War