civil defense

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81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: mbrojtje civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Albanian: mbrojtja civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Arabic: دِفَاع مَدَنِيّ (difāʕ madaniyy) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Arabic: حِمَايَة مَدَنِيَّة (ḥimāya madaniyya) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Arabic: وِقَايَة مَدَنِيَّة (wiqāya madaniyya) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Armenian: քաղաքացիական պաշտպանություն (kʻaġakʻacʻiakan paštpanutʻyun) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Azerbaijani: mülki müdafiə — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Belarusian: грамадзя́нская абаро́на (hramadzjánskaja abaróna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Belarusian: цыві́льная абаро́на (cyvílʹnaja abaróna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Bulgarian: гра́жданска защи́та (gráždanska zaštíta) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Bulgarian: гра́жданска отбра́на (gráždanska otbrána) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 民事防護 /民事防护 (mínshì fánghù) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Chinese Mandarin: 民防 (mínfáng) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Czech: civilní obrana — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Danish: civilforsvar — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Dutch: civiele bescherming — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Estonian: tsiviilkaitse — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Finnish: väestönsuojelu — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• French: sécurité civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• French: protection civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• French: défense civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Georgian: სამოქალაქო თავდაცვა (samokalako tavdacva) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• German: Zivilschutz — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• German: Bevölkerungsschutz — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• German: Zivilverteidigung — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Greek: πολιτική άμυνα (politikí ámyna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Hebrew: הֲגָנָה אֶזְרָחִית (haganá ezrakhít) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Hindi: नागरिक रक्षा (nāgrik rakṣā) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Hungarian: polgári védelem — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Icelandic: almannavarnir — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Indonesian: pertahanan sipil — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Indonesian: pertahanan rakyat — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Irish: cosaint shibhialta — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Italian: difesa civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Italian: protezione civile — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Japanese: 民間防衛 (minkan bōei) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Japanese: 民防 (minbō) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Kazakh: азаматтық қорғаныс (azamattyq qorğanys) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Korean: 민방위 (minbang'wi) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Korean: 민간방위 (min'ganbang'wi) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Northern Kurdish: parastina sîvîl — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Kyrgyz: жарандык коргонуу (jarandık korgonuu) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Latvian: civilā aizsardzība — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Lithuanian: civilinė gynyba — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Macedonian: цивилна одбрана (civilna odbrana) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Macedonian: граѓанска одбрана (graǵanska odbrana) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Macedonian: граѓанска заштита (graǵanska zaštita) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Malay: pertahanan awam — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Mongolian: иргэний хамгаалалт (irgenii xamgaalalt) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Norwegian Bokmål: sivilforsvar — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Norwegian Bokmål: samfunnssikkerhet — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Iranian Persian: دِفَاعِ مَدَنی (defâ'-e madani) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Iranian Persian: حِفاظَتِ شَهْری (hefâzat-e šahri) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Polish: obrona cywilna — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Portuguese: defesa civil — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Portuguese: proteção civil — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Romanian: apărare civilă — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Romanian: securitate civilă — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Romanian: protecție civilă — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Russian: гражда́нская оборо́на (graždánskaja oboróna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилна одбрана — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилна обрана — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: цивилна заштита — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: civilna odbrana — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: civilna obrana — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Serbo-Croatian: civilna zaštita — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Slovak: civilná obrana — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Slovene: civilna zaščita — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Slovene: civilna obramba — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Spanish: defensa civil — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Spanish: protección civil — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Swedish: civilförsvar — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Tajik: мудофиаи гражданӣ (mudofia-yi graždani) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Thai: การป้องกันพลเรือน (gaan-bpɔ̂ng-gan-pon-lá-rʉʉan) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Turkish: sivil savunma — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Ukrainian: циві́льна оборо́на (cyvílʹna oboróna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Ukrainian: громадя́нська оборо́на (hromadjánsʹka oboróna) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Urdu: شَہْری دِفاع (śahrī difā') — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Uyghur: خەلق مۇداپىئەسى (xelq mudapi'esi) — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Uzbek: fuqaro mudofaasi — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack
• Vietnamese: phòng thủ dân sự — efforts to protect the citizens of a state from military attack