Ten Years' War

American  

noun

1. a popular insurrection in Cuba (1868–78) against Spanish rule.

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Example Sentences

The cerebral cortex, impenetrable and wild, was a “terrifying jungle,” as intimidating as the one in Cuba, where he had fought in the Ten Years’ War.

From Scientific American

China’s Taiping Rebellion and Cuba’s Ten Years’ War were so deadly they caused population declines.

From New York Times

Baseball arrived on the island by sea in the 1860s, via Cubans fleeing the Ten Years’ War, according to “The Tropic of Baseball: Baseball in the Dominican Republic” by Rob L. Ruck.

From New York Times

After all, it was during the Iraq-Afghan ten years war that Moscow re-expanded leverage over its former Empire and China grew into a global economic giant.

From Forbes

At the beginning of the contest which in Europe was the Seven Years' War, but in America a ten years' war, Franklin's pen and pencil were both employed in urging a cordial union of the colonies against the foe.

From Project Gutenberg