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タラ戦せん争そう

Meanings

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noun

Cod Wars

historical term

Historical term for the series of confrontations between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights in the North Atlantic (1958, 1971, 1975).

タラ戦せん争そうは、イギリスとアイスランドの間あいだで漁ぎょ業ぎょう権けんをめぐって起おきた。
The Cod Wars occurred between the UK and Iceland over fishing rights.

Written forms

タラ戦せん争そう
Standard modern spelling using katakana for the loanword 'cod'.
鱈たら戦せん争そう
Kanji spelling using 鱈 (cod); less common but still seen in some contexts.

Kanji

戦war, battle, match
争contend, dispute, argue
鱈

codfish, (kokuji)

Etymology

From タラ (cod) + 戦争 (war), a direct translation of the English term 'Cod Wars'.