Triple Alliance

American  

noun

1. the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.

2. a league (1717) of France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands against Spain.

3. a league (1668) of England, Sweden, and the Netherlands against France.

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Triple Alliance British  

noun

1. the secret alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy formed in 1882 and lasting until 1914

2. the alliance of France, the Netherlands, and Britain against Spain in 1717

3. the alliance of England, Sweden, and the Netherlands against France in 1668

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Example Sentences

Germany and Austria-Hungry had joined with Italy in what was called the Triple Alliance.

From Literature

Instead, Cortés wandered into a collection of city states, three of them joined in a powerful confederacy, the Triple Alliance.

From Los Angeles Times

The Tlaxcaltecas, the Purépechas and many other groups had little affection for the Triple Alliance, just as Madrid didn’t adore Paris simply because they shared a continent.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the past 15 years, Lebanon has basically been run by a renewed joint government, involving Rafik Hariri’s son Saad and the triple alliance, and continuing a disastrous economic policy of neoliberal reconstruction that had been in place since the end of the war.

From The Guardian

“You can only cure an illness when we know what is wrong with your body. The same is true of Paraguay and the War of the Triple Alliance,” he said.

From The Guardian