Gulf War

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Gulf War

The Gulf War (== Template:IPA ==

The Template:IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin alphabet. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of the sounds of spoken language.

Pronunciation

The pronunciation of the term "IPA" is /aɪ piː eɪ/ in English.

Etymology

The term "IPA" is an acronym for the International Phonetic Alphabet. The International Phonetic Association, founded in 1886, created the IPA to provide a single, universal system for the transcription of spoken language.

Related Terms

  • Phonetic notation: A system used to visually represent the sounds of speech. The IPA is one type of phonetic notation.
  • Phonetics: The study of the physical sounds of human speech. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phonemes), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception.
  • Phonology: The study of the way sounds function within a particular language or languages. While phonetics concerns the physical production, acoustic transmission and perception of the sounds of speech, phonology describes the way sounds function within a particular language or languages.
  • Transcription (linguistics): The systematic representation of spoken language in written form. The source of the words transcribe and transcription, the term means "to write across" in Latin, and it's the process of converting spoken language into written form. In linguistics, this is often done using the IPA.

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Languages: - East Asian 中文, 日本, 한국어, South Asian हिन्दी, Urdu, বাংলা, తెలుగు, தமிழ், ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian Indonesian, Vietnamese, Thai, မြန်မာဘာသာ, European español, Deutsch, français, русский, português do Brasil, Italian, polski), also known as the First Gulf War, was a conflict that took place from 2 August 1990 to 28 February 1991. The war was fought between a coalition of 35 nations led by the United States and the country of Iraq. The conflict began when Iraq invaded Kuwait on 2 August 1990. The war is named for the Persian Gulf, the body of water adjacent to Iraq and Kuwait.

Etymology

The term "Gulf War" is derived from the geographic location of the conflict, the Persian Gulf. The term "Persian Gulf" itself is believed to have originated from the ancient Greeks who named the body of water after the Persian Empire.

Related Terms

  • Operation Desert Shield: The initial defense operations conducted by the coalition forces to deter Iraq from further advancing into Saudi Arabia.
  • Operation Desert Storm: The combat phase of the Gulf War, which began on 17 January 1991.
  • Scud: A series of tactical ballistic missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and used by Iraq during the Gulf War.
  • Chemical warfare: A type of warfare using the toxic properties of chemical substances to kill, injure or incapacitate the enemy. Iraq was accused of using chemical weapons during the Gulf War.
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): A mental health condition triggered by experiencing or seeing a terrifying event. Many veterans of the Gulf War suffered from PTSD.
  • Gulf War Syndrome: A chronic multisymptom disorder affecting returning military veterans and civilian workers of the Gulf War.

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