Spanish-American War

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A war between Spain and the United States in 1898, as a result of which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippine Islands, and Guam to the United States and abandoned all claim to Cuba, which became independent in 1902.

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• noun a war between the United States and Spain in 1898