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Noun: War of Greek Independence
  1. The Greeks rebelled against Turkish rule in 1821; with the support of England and France and Russia they won independence in 1828 at Navarino (although the country included only half its present size)
    - Greek War of Independence

Type of: war, warfare

Encyclopedia: War of Greek Independence