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American_Civil_War

American Civil War

English

Proper noun

American Civil War

A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy).

Synonyms

(US) Civil War
(US, especially Southern US) War Between the States
(US, almost exclusively Southern US) War of Northern Aggression
(US, chiefly Northern US) War of the Rebellion
(US, chiefly Northern US) Great Rebellion
(Outside the US) Secession War

Translations

civil war in the United States (1861-1865)

Chinese:

Cantonese: 美國內戰, 美国内战 ‎(mei⁵ gwok³ noi⁶ zin³), 南北戰爭, 南北战争 ‎(naam⁴ bak¹ zin³ zang¹)

Mandarin: 美國內戰, 美国内战 ‎(Měiguó nèizhàn), 南北戰爭, 南北战争 ‎(Nán-Běi zhànzhēng) (war of South and North)
Finnish: Yhdysvaltain sisällissota (fi)
French: guerre de Sécession (fr) f, guerre civile américaine f
German: Sezessionskrieg (de) m, Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg m

Italian: guerra di secessione americana f, guerra civile americana f
Japanese: 南北戦争 ‎(なんぼくせんそう, Nan-Boku sensō) (war of South and North)
Navajo: bilagáana tʼáá biʼałkʼiijééʼ
Polish: wojna secesyjna f
Portuguese: Guerra Civil Americana f
Russian: гражда́нская война́ в США f ‎(graždánskaja vojná v SŠA), война́ Се́вера и Ю́га f ‎(vojná Sévera i Júga) (war of North and South)
Spanish: Guerra de Secesión f, Guerra Civil estadounidense f