- Pigs, Bay of
- or Bahía de Cochinos geographical name bay W Cuba on S coast
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Pigs, Bay of
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Pigs,Bay of — Pigs (pĭgz), Bay of A small inlet of the Caribbean Sea on the southern coast of western Cuba. It was the site of an ill fated invasion on April 17, 1961, when a force of 1,500 U.S. trained guerrilla troops landed in an attempt to overthrow the… … Universalium
Pigs, Bay of — a bay on the southwestern coast of Cuba, scene of an unsuccessful attempt in 1961 by U.S. backed Cuban exiles to invade the country and overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro … Useful english dictionary
Pigs — Pigs, Bay of →↑Bay of Pigs … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bay of Pigs — bay on the SW coast of Cuba: site of an unsuccessful invasion (1961) by exiled Cubans trained & funded by the U.S … English World dictionary
Bay of Pigs Invasion — Part of the Cold War Map showing the location of the Bay of Pigs … Wikipedia
Bay of Pigs — the Bay of Pigs an area on the south coast of Cuba, which is famous for a military attack that took place in 1961. A group of Cubans living in the US tried to enter Cuba with the aim of ending the government of Fidel ↑Castro. They were trained… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bay of Pigs — Bay′ of Pigs′ n. geg gov a bay of the Caribbean Sea in SW Cuba: site of attempted invasion of Cuba by anti Castro forces April 1961 … From formal English to slang
Bay of Pigs, the — an event in 1961 in which a small group of Cubans supported by the U.S. tried to defeat the government of Fidel Castro. The attack failed and made the relationship between the U.S. and Cuba much worse … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bay — of Bengal, Biscay (nicknamed Biscuits by sailors), Boston, Charleston, Fundy, Holland, Islands, Laig, Mission, Naples, New York, Panama, Pigs, River, San Diego, San Francisco, State, Street, Whales; The Bay Algoa Bay or Port Elizabeth Bay in… … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
Bay of Pigs — bay in Cuba (site of a failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles in 1961) … English contemporary dictionary
