HyperDic: seward[s_folly

English > 1 sense of the expression *Seward's Folly*:
NOUN	act	Seward's Folly	the transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia

English > *Seward's Folly*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The transaction in 1867 in which the United States Secretary of State William Henry Seward purchased Alaska from Russia.
Instance of	transaction, dealing, dealings	The act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)
Spanish	locura de Seward
Catalan	Seward's Folly