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Definition 2024

civil_war

civil war

See also: Civil War

English

Noun

civil war ‎(plural civil wars)

A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.

Synonyms

intestine war

Derived terms

Civil War

Translations

war between factions within a single country

Arabic: حَرْب أَهْلِيَّة f ‎(ḥarb ʾahliyya)
Armenian: քաղաքացիական պատերազմ ‎(kʿałakʿacʿiakan paterazm)
Asturian: guerra civil f
Belarusian: грамадзя́нская вайна́ f ‎(hramadzjánskaja vajná)
Bulgarian: гражда́нска война f ‎(graždánska vojna)
Catalan: guerra civil f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內戰 (zh), 内战 (zh) ‎(nèizhàn), 內亂 (zh), 内乱 (zh) ‎(nèiluàn), 國內戰爭, 国内战争 ‎(guónèi zhànzhēng)
Czech: občanská válka f
Danish: borgerkrig (da) c
Dutch: burgeroorlog (nl) m
Egyptian: ḏȝỉs
Erzya: ошалянь тюрема ‎(ošaljanʹ tjurema)
Esperanto: enlanda milito
Estonian: kodusõda
Faroese: borgarakríggj n
Finnish: sisällissota (fi)
French: guerre civile (fr) f, guerre intestine f
Galician: guerra civil f
German: Bürgerkrieg (de) m
Greek: εμφύλιος πόλεμος (el) m ‎(emfýlios pólemos)
Hawaiian: kaua kūloko
Hebrew: מלחמת האזרחים
Hindi: गृहयुद्ध (hi) ‎(gr̥hayud'dh)

Hungarian: polgárháború (hu)
Icelandic: borgarastyrjöld f
Italian: guerra civile (it) f
Japanese: 内戦 (ja) ‎(ないせん, naisen), 内乱 ‎(ないらん, nairan)
Mongolian: иргэний дайн ‎(irgenij dajn)
Norman: dgèrre civile f
Korean: 내전 (ko) ‎(naejeon) (內戰 (ko))
Latin: bellum civile n
Malay: perang saudara
Maori: kaiākiri
Norwegian:

Bokmål: borgerkrig m

Nynorsk: borgarkrig m
Occitan: guèrra civila f
Old English: ingefeoht n
Persian: جنگ داخلی (fa)
Polish: wojna domowa (pl) f
Portuguese: guerra civil (pt) f
Romanian: război civil (ro) n
Russian: гражда́нская война́ (ru) f ‎(graždánskaja vojná)
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh sìobhalta m
Slovak: občianska vojna f
Slovene: državljanska vojna (sl) f
Spanish: guerra civil f
Swedish: inbördeskrig (sv) n
Tagalog: bayanhing digmaan
Thai: สงครามกลางเมือง ‎(sŏngkraam glaangmeuang)
Turkish: iç savaş (tr)
Ukrainian: громадя́нська війна́ f ‎(hromadjánsʹka vijná)
Vietnamese: nội chiến (vi) (內戰)