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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French ogive, from Latin augere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈxiba/
- Rhymes: -iba
- Syllabification: o‧ji‧va
Noun
ojiva f (plural ojivas)
- ogive
- (military) warhead
2023 February 14, Javier G. Cuesta, “Rusia despliega armas nucleares en su Flota del Norte por primera vez en tres décadas”, in El País, retrieved 2023-02-15:Oslo teme que la presencia de estas ojivas suponga “una amenaza especialmente grave en varios escenarios que pueden involucrar a países de la Alianza Atlántica”, puesto que la desconfianza mutua “ha elevado la posibilidad de eventos no deseados y de malentendidos entre Rusia y la OTAN”.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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