Austro-Prussian War
[ aw-stroh-pruhsh-uhn ]
noun
the war (1866) in which Prussia, Italy, and some minor German states opposed Austria, Saxony, Hanover, and the states of southern Germany.
- Also called Seven Weeks' War.
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