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A group of states accused by George W. Bush of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction, originally defined as Iran, Iraq, and North Korea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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An anomaly in the temperature of the cosmic microwave background as the result of a preferential axis which may have shaped the development of the universe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, natural-sciences
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Coined by American political commentator David Frum in 2002 and first used publicly by President George W. Bush in the 2002 State of the Union Address. Possibly from a historical analogy to the German-Italian-Japanese axis. Extended to astrophysics by Portuguese scientist João Magueijo in 2005.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
مِحْوَر اَلشَّرّ
(miḥwar aš-šarr)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Azerbaijani:
şər oxu
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Chinese Mandarin:
邪惡軸心 /邪恶轴心
(xié'è zhóuxīn)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Czech:
osa zla
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Dutch:
as van het kwaad
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Finnish:
pahan akseli
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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French:
axe du mal
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Georgian:
ბოროტების ღერძი
(boroṭebis ɣerʒi)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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German:
Achse des Bösen
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Greek:
άξονας του κακού
(áxonas tou kakoú)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Hebrew:
צִיר הַרֶשַׁע
(tsír ha-résha)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Indonesian:
poros kejahatan
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Italian:
asse della malvagità
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Italian:
asse del male
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Japanese:
悪の枢軸
(aku no sūjiku)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Korean:
악의 축
(ag-ui chuk)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Latin:
axis mali
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Latvian:
ļaunuma ass
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Macedonian:
оска на злото
(oska na zloto)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Persian:
محور شرارت
(mehvar-e šarârat)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Polish:
oś zła
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Portuguese:
eixo do mal
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Russian:
ось зла
(osʹ zla)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Serbo-Croatian:
осовина зла
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Serbo-Croatian:
osovina zla
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Spanish:
eje del mal
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Swedish:
ondskans axelmakter
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Thai:
แกนแห่งความชั่วร้าย
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Turkish:
şeytan ekseni
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Ukrainian:
вісь зла
(visʹ zla)
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Vietnamese:
trục ma quỷ
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Vietnamese:
liên minh ma quỷ
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Vietnamese:
liên minh diệt vong
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
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Welsh:
echel y fall
— states supposedly sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction
