Yom Kippur War

English

Etymology

So named because the war broke out on Yom Kippur in 1973.

Proper noun

the Yom Kippur War

  1. The fourth war fought in Sinai Peninsula and the Golan Heights between Israel and an Arabic coalition of states led by Egypt and Syria in October 1973.

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