Phrase guide

demilitarized zone

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An area, often on a border between military factions, in which military forces and operations are prohibited. (This sense is a translation hub.)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: government, military, politics, war

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A subnetwork of a LAN, exposed to the internet or another untrusted network but firewalled off from the rest of the LAN.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: perimeter network

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a zone from which military forces or operations or installations are prohibited

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • tensions exist on both sides of the demilitarized zone separating North Korea and South Korea

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: DMZ

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zone

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِنْطَقَةُ مَنْزُوعَةُ السَلَاح (minṭaqatu manzūʕatu s-salāḥ) — area
  • Asturian: zona desmilitarizada — area
  • Belarusian: дэмілітарызаваная зона (demilitaryzavanaja zóna) — area
  • Bulgarian: демилитаризирана зона (demilitarizirana zona) — area
  • Catalan: zona desmilitaritzada — area
  • Chinese Mandarin: 非軍事區 /非军事区 (fēijūnshìqū) — area
  • Czech: demilitarizovaná zóna — area
  • Finnish: demilitarisoitu vyöhyke — area
  • French: zone démilitarisée — area
  • Galician: zona desmilitarizada — area
  • German: entmilitarisierte Zone — area
  • Greek: αποστρατικοποιημένη ζώνη (apostratikopoiiméni zóni) — area
  • Hungarian: demilitarizált/fegyvermentes övezet/zóna — area
  • Italian: zona demilitarizzata — area
  • Japanese: 非武装地帯 (hibusō-chitai) — area
  • Kazakh: демилитарландырылған аймақ (demilitarlandyrylğan aimaq) — area
  • Korean: 비무장 지대 (bimujang jidae) — area
  • Lao: ເຂດປອດທະຫານ (khēt pǭt tha hān) — area
  • Occitan: zona desmilitarizada — area
  • Polish: strefa zdemilitaryzowana — area
  • Portuguese: zona desmilitarizada — area
  • Romanian: zonă demilitarizată — area
  • Romanian: зонэ демилитаризатэ (zonă demilitarizată) — area
  • Russian: демилитаризо́ванная зо́на (demilitarizóvannaja zóna) — area
  • Serbo-Croatian: демилитаризирана зона — area
  • Serbo-Croatian: demilitarizirana zona — area
  • Slovak: demilitarizovaná zóna — area
  • Spanish: zona desmilitarizada — area
  • Swedish: demilitariserad zon — area
  • Thai: เขตปลอดทหาร — area
  • Ukrainian: демілітаризо́вана зо́на (demilitaryzóvana zóna) — area
  • Vietnamese: khu phi quân sự — area
  • Vietnamese: giới tuyến quân sự — area
  • Vietnamese: vùng phi quân sự — area
  • Finnish: eteisverkko — computing
  • Polish: strefa zdemilitaryzowana — computing