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The coast guard of a particular armed forces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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Ellipsis of United States Coast Guard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
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From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
kuswag
— enforcer of maritime law
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Basque:
kostazaintza
— enforcer of maritime law
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Bulgarian:
брегова охрана
(bregova ohrana)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Catalan:
guardacostes
— enforcer of maritime law
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Catalan:
guàrdia costanera
— enforcer of maritime law
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Chinese Mandarin:
海岸警衛隊 /海岸警卫队
(hǎi'àn jǐngwèiduì)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Chinese Mandarin:
海岸警備隊 /海岸警备队
(hǎi'àn jǐngbèiduì)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Chinese Mandarin:
海岸巡防隊 /海岸巡防队
(hǎi'àn xúnfángduì)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Chinese Mandarin:
海警
(hǎijǐng)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Danish:
kystvagt
— enforcer of maritime law
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Dutch:
kustwacht
— enforcer of maritime law
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Estonian:
merevalve
— enforcer of maritime law
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Finnish:
merivartiosto
— enforcer of maritime law
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Finnish:
merivartija
— enforcer of maritime law
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French:
garde-côte
— enforcer of maritime law
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Galician:
gardacostas
— enforcer of maritime law
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Galician:
garda costeira
— enforcer of maritime law
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Georgian:
სანაპირო დაცვა
(sanaṗiro dacva)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Georgian:
სანაპირო დაცვის სამსახური
(sanaṗiro dacvis samsaxuri)
— enforcer of maritime law
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German:
Küstenwache
— enforcer of maritime law
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Greek:
ακτοφύλακας
(aktofýlakas)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Haitian Creole:
gadkòt
— enforcer of maritime law
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Hindi:
तटरक्षक
(taṭrakṣak)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Hungarian:
parti őrség
— enforcer of maritime law
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Ingrian:
rannanvahti
— enforcer of maritime law
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Irish:
feighlí mara
— enforcer of maritime law
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Irish:
garda cósta
— enforcer of maritime law
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Irish:
vaidhtéir
— enforcer of maritime law
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Italian:
guardia costiera
— enforcer of maritime law
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Japanese:
沿岸警備隊
(engan keibitai)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Javanese:
jaga pasisir
— enforcer of maritime law
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Korean:
해안경비대
(haean'gyeongbidae)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Korean:
해양경찰
(haeyanggyeongchal)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Norman:
garde-côte
— enforcer of maritime law
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Norwegian Bokmål:
kystvakt
— enforcer of maritime law
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
kystvakt
— enforcer of maritime law
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Occitan:
gardacòsta
— enforcer of maritime law
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Polish:
straż przybrzeżna
— enforcer of maritime law
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Portuguese:
guarda costeira
— enforcer of maritime law
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Russian:
берегова́я охра́на
(beregovája oxrána)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Scottish Gaelic:
maor-cladaich
— enforcer of maritime law
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Spanish:
guardacostas
— enforcer of maritime law
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Spanish:
guardia costera
— enforcer of maritime law
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Swedish:
kustbevakning
— enforcer of maritime law
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Tagalog:
bantay-dagat
— enforcer of maritime law
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Tagalog:
guwardakosta
— enforcer of maritime law
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Tagalog:
tanudpasigan
— enforcer of maritime law
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Turkish:
sahil güvenlik
— enforcer of maritime law
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Ukrainian:
морська́ охоро́на
(morsʹká oxoróna)
— enforcer of maritime law
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Vietnamese:
cảnh sát biển
— enforcer of maritime law
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Vietnamese:
tuần duyên
— enforcer of maritime law
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Welsh:
gwyliwr y glannau
— enforcer of maritime law
