civil war

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Capitalization of civil war.

Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre. Displaced native Old English inġewinn.

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: burgeroorlog — war between factions within a single country
• Albanian: luftë civile — war between factions within a single country
• Arabic: حَرْب أَهْلِيَّة (ḥarb ʔahliyya) — war between factions within a single country
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܡܕܝܼܢܵܝܵܐ (qrāḇā mdīnāyā) — war between factions within a single country
• Armenian: քաղաքացիական պատերազմ (kʻaġakʻacʻiakan paterazm) — war between factions within a single country
• Assamese: গৃহযুদ্ধ (grihozuddho) — war between factions within a single country
• Asturian: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Azerbaijani: vətəndaş müharibəsi — war between factions within a single country
• Bashkir: граждандар һуғышы (grajdandar huğışı) — war between factions within a single country
• Basque: gerra zibil — war between factions within a single country
• Belarusian: грамадзя́нская вайна́ (hramadzjánskaja vajná) — war between factions within a single country
• Bengali: গৃহযুদ্ধ (grihojuddho) — war between factions within a single country
• Bulgarian: гра́жданска война́ (gráždanska vojná) — war between factions within a single country
• Burmese: ပြည်တွင်းစစ် (pranytwang:cac) — war between factions within a single country
• Buryat: эрхэтэнэй дайн (erxetenej dajn) — war between factions within a single country
• Catalan: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Chechen: гражданийн тӏом (graždaniı̇n tʼom) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese Cantonese: 內戰 /内战 (noi6 zin3) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese: 內戰 /内战 (zh-min-nan) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese Mandarin: 內戰 /内战 (nèizhàn) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese Mandarin: 內亂 /内乱 (nèiluàn) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese Mandarin: 國內戰爭 /国内战争 (guónèi zhànzhēng) — war between factions within a single country
• Chinese Mandarin: 內潰 /内溃 (nèikuì) — war between factions within a single country
• Chuvash: граждан вӑрҫи (graždan vărś̬i) — war between factions within a single country
• Czech: občanská válka — war between factions within a single country
• Danish: borgerkrig — war between factions within a single country
• Dutch: burgeroorlog — war between factions within a single country
• Dutch: burgerkrijg — war between factions within a single country
• Egyptian: DA-i-s-A24 (ḏꜣjs) — war between factions within a single country
• Erzya: потмонь тюрема (potmoń ťurema) — war between factions within a single country
• Erzya: кудонь тюрема (kudoń ťurema) — war between factions within a single country
• Esperanto: enlanda milito — war between factions within a single country
• Esperanto: interna milito — war between factions within a single country
• Esperanto: intercivitana milito — war between factions within a single country
• Esperanto: civila milito — war between factions within a single country
• Esperanto: interfrata milito — war between factions within a single country
• Estonian: kodusõda — war between factions within a single country
• Faroese: borgarakríggj — war between factions within a single country
• Finnish: sisällissota — war between factions within a single country
• French: guerre civile — war between factions within a single country
• French: guerre intestine — war between factions within a single country
• Galician: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Georgian: სამოქალაქო ომი (samokalako omi) — war between factions within a single country
• German: Bürgerkrieg — war between factions within a single country
• Greek: εμφύλιος πόλεμος (emfýlios pólemos) — war between factions within a single country
• Ancient Greek: ἐμφύλιος πόλεμος (emphúlios pólemos) — war between factions within a single country
• Gujarati: આંતરવિગ્રહ (āntarvigrah) — war between factions within a single country
• Hawaiian: kaua kūloko — war between factions within a single country
• Hebrew: מִלְחֶמֶת אֶזְרָחִים (milkhémet ezrakhím) — war between factions within a single country
• Hindi: गृहयुद्ध (gŕhyuddh) — war between factions within a single country
• Hungarian: polgárháború — war between factions within a single country
• Icelandic: borgarastyrjöld — war between factions within a single country
• Icelandic: borgarastríð — war between factions within a single country
• Indonesian: perang saudara — war between factions within a single country
• Interlingua: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Irish: cogadh cathartha — war between factions within a single country
• Italian: guerra civile — war between factions within a single country
• Japanese: 内戦 (naisen) — war between factions within a single country
• Japanese: 内乱 (nairan) — war between factions within a single country
• Kannada: ಅಂತಃಕಲಹ (antaḥkalaha) — war between factions within a single country
• Kazakh: азаматтық соғыс (azamattyq soğys) — war between factions within a single country
• Kazakh: азамат соғысы (azamat soğysy) — war between factions within a single country
• Khmer: សង្គ្រាមក្នុងស្រុក (sɑɑsɑngkriəm knong srok) — war between factions within a single country
• Korean: 내전 (naejeon) — war between factions within a single country
• Korean: 내란 (naeran) — war between factions within a single country
• Northern Kurdish: şerê navxweyî — war between factions within a single country
• Kyrgyz: жарандык согуш (jarandık soguş) — war between factions within a single country
• Lao: ສົງຄາມກາງເມືອງ (song khām kāng mư̄ang) — war between factions within a single country
• Latin: bellum cīvīle — war between factions within a single country
• Latin: bellum intestīnum — war between factions within a single country
• Latvian: pilsoņu karš — war between factions within a single country
• Lithuanian: pilietinis karas — war between factions within a single country
• Luxembourgish: Biergerkrich — war between factions within a single country
• Macedonian: граѓанска војна (graǵanska vojna) — war between factions within a single country
• Malay: perang saudara — war between factions within a single country
• Malayalam: ആഭ്യന്തരയുദ്ധം (ābhyantarayuddhaṁ) — war between factions within a single country
• Māori: kaiākiri — war between factions within a single country
• Marathi: यादवी युद्ध (yādvī yuddha) — war between factions within a single country
• Marathi: गृहयुद्ध (gŕhyuddha) — war between factions within a single country
• Mongolian: иргэний дайн (irgenii dajn) — war between factions within a single country
• Newar: गृह हताः (gr̥ha hatā:) — war between factions within a single country
• Norman: dgèrre civile — war between factions within a single country
• Norwegian Bokmål: borgerkrig — war between factions within a single country
• Norwegian Nynorsk: borgarkrig — war between factions within a single country
• Occitan: guèrra civila — war between factions within a single country
• Old English: inġewinn — war between factions within a single country
• Old Tupi: maramonhanga — war between factions within a single country
• Ossetian: мидхӕст (midxæst) — war between factions within a single country
• Pashto: کورنۍ جګړه (koranëy jëgëṛa) — war between factions within a single country
• Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ داخِلی (jang-e dâxeli) — war between factions within a single country
• Iranian Persian: خانِهجَنْگی (xâne-jangi) — war between factions within a single country
• Iranian Persian: جَنْگِ شَهْرْوَنْدی (jang-e šahrvandi) — war between factions within a single country
• Polish: wojna domowa — war between factions within a single country
• Portuguese: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਨਾਜੰਗੀ (xānājaṅgī) — war between factions within a single country
• Romanian: război civil — war between factions within a single country
• Russian: гражда́нская война́ (graždánskaja vojná) — war between factions within a single country
• Scottish Gaelic: cogadh sìobhalta — war between factions within a single country
• Serbo-Croatian: грађански рат — war between factions within a single country
• Serbo-Croatian: građanski rat — war between factions within a single country
• Slovak: občianska vojna — war between factions within a single country
• Slovene: državljanska vojna — war between factions within a single country
• Spanish: guerra civil — war between factions within a single country
• Swahili: vita vya wenyewe kwa wenyewe — war between factions within a single country
• Swedish: inbördeskrig — war between factions within a single country
• Tagalog: digmaang sibil — war between factions within a single country
• Tagalog: bayanhing digmaan — war between factions within a single country
• Tajik: ҷанги шаҳрвандӣ (jang-i šahrvandi) — war between factions within a single country
• Tajik: ҷанги гражданӣ (jang-i graždani) — war between factions within a single country
• Tajik: чанги дохилӣ (čang-i doxili) — war between factions within a single country
• Tamil: உள்நாட்டுப் போர் (uḷnāṭṭup pōr) — war between factions within a single country
• Tatar: ватандашлар сугышы (watandaşlar suğışı) — war between factions within a single country
• Tatar: гражданнар сугышы (grajdannar suğışı) — war between factions within a single country
• Telugu: పౌర యుద్ధం (paura yuddhaṁ) — war between factions within a single country
• Thai: สงครามกลางเมือง (sǒng-kraam-glaang-mʉʉang) — war between factions within a single country
• Turkish: iç savaş — war between factions within a single country
• Turkish: dahili savaş — war between factions within a single country
• Turkmen: halk gozgalaňy — war between factions within a single country
• Ukrainian: громадя́нська війна́ (hromadjánsʹka vijná) — war between factions within a single country
• Urdu: خانَہ جَن٘گی (xāna jaṅgī) — war between factions within a single country
• Uyghur: ئىچكى ئۇرۇش (ichki urush) — war between factions within a single country
• Uzbek: fuqarolar urushi — war between factions within a single country
• Uzbek: ichki urush — war between factions within a single country
• Vietnamese: nội chiến — war between factions within a single country
• Welsh: rhyfel cartref — war between factions within a single country
• Yiddish: בירגער קריג (birger krig) — war between factions within a single country
• Yiddish: בירגער־מלחמה (birger milkhome) — war between factions within a single country
• Yiddish: ציווילע קריג (tsivile krig) — war between factions within a single country