demarcation

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• UK: /ˌdɛm.ɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• UK: /ˌdiː.mɑːˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• Canada, US: /ˌdɛm.ɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• Canada, US: /ˌdi.mɑɹˈkeɪ.ʃən/
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• Australian: /ˌdiː.maːˈkæɪ.ʃən/
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First recorded c.1752, from Spanish línea de demarcación and/or Portuguese linha de demarcação, the demarcation line laid down by the Pope on May 4, 1493, dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal on a line 100 leagues west of the Cape Verde Islands. Both derive from demarcar, from de- + marcar (“to mark”), from Italian marcare, from the same Germanic root as march.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: սահմանազատում (sahmanazatum) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Bulgarian: разграничаване (razgraničavane) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Catalan: demarcació — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Czech: vymezení — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Danish: grænsedragning — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Danish: afgrænsning — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Dutch: demarcatie — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Dutch: demarkatie — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Finnish: rajanveto — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Finnish: rajaus — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Finnish: demarkaatio — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• French: démarcation — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Greek: οροθεσία (orothesía) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Greek: χάραξη ορίων (cháraxi oríon) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Hindi: रेखांकन (rekhāṅkan) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Indonesian: demarkasi — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Italian: demarcazione — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Polish: demarkacja — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Portuguese: demarcação — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Russian: демарка́ция (demarkácija) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Russian: размежева́ние (razmeževánije) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Russian: разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Spanish: demarcación — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Yiddish: דעמאַרקאַציע (demarkatsye) — act of marking off a boundary or setting a limit
• Bulgarian: разграничение (razgraničenie) — thus fixed limit
• Catalan: demarcació — thus fixed limit
• Danish: demarkationslinje — thus fixed limit
• Dutch: demarcatielijn — thus fixed limit
• Dutch: demarkatielijn — thus fixed limit
• Dutch: grenslijn — thus fixed limit
• Finnish: raja — thus fixed limit
• Finnish: rajalinja — thus fixed limit
• Finnish: tulitaukolinja — thus fixed limit
• Finnish: demarkaatiolinja — thus fixed limit
• French: démarcation — thus fixed limit
• Indonesian: demarkasi — thus fixed limit
• Polish: demarkacja — thus fixed limit
• Portuguese: demarcação — thus fixed limit
• Russian: разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) — thus fixed limit
• Russian: разделе́ние (razdelénije) — thus fixed limit
• Spanish: demarcación — thus fixed limit
• Spanish: frontera — thus fixed limit
• Swedish: avgränsning — thus fixed limit
• Yiddish: דעמאַרק (demark) — thus fixed limit
• Yiddish: דעמאַרקאַציע (demarkatsye) — thus fixed limit
• Bulgarian: разграничение (razgraničenie) — strictly defined separation
• Danish: faggrænse — strictly defined separation
• Danish: grænse — strictly defined separation
• Dutch: afbakening — strictly defined separation
• Dutch: aflijning — strictly defined separation
• Dutch: afgrenzing — strictly defined separation
• Finnish: rajaus — strictly defined separation
• German: Abgrenzung — strictly defined separation
• Greek: διαχωρισμός (diachorismós) — strictly defined separation
• Polish: demarkacja — strictly defined separation
• Portuguese: demarcação — strictly defined separation
• Russian: разграниче́ние (razgraničénije) — strictly defined separation
• Spanish: demarcación — strictly defined separation