| NOUN | act | Boyne, battle of Boyne | a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690 |
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| Sounds | boy'n | |
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| Rhymes | adjoin ... tenderloin: 13 rhymes with oyn... | |
| Meaning | A battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts. | |
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| Synonym | battle of Boyne | |
| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | War of the Grand Alliance, War of the League of Augsburg | An aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states / states (1689-1697) |
| Region | Ireland, Hibernia, Emerald Isle | An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland |
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