spanish-american war spanish war • spanish-speaking · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · spanish-american war · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 20 · · Length 7 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a war between the United States and Spain in 1898. Synonyms: Spanish-American War, Spanish War. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 w latin small letter w U+0077