Disaster Year
English
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editEtymology
editCalque of Dutch Rampjaar (“disaster year”).
Proper noun
edit- (historical) The year 1672, in the context of Dutch history, in which the Dutch Republic was invaded by France, and faced the threat of a naval blockade by the English (a plan which was later abandoned after the Battle of Solebay).
Translations
editthe year 1672 in Dutch history, remembered in a negative light
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