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occupation

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
  • UK: /ˌɒkjəˈpeɪʃən/
  • US: /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
  • US: /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃən/
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  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: AA2 K Y AH0 P EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a job.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act, process or state of possessing a place.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The control of a nation or region by a hostile military or paramilitary force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geopolitics, government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the act of occupying or taking possession of a building

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: occupancy, moving in

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: acquiring, getting

Narrower terms: preoccupancy, preoccupation

5

noun

Meaning 5

the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he's not in my line of business

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: business, job, line of work, line

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

Narrower terms: confectionery, sport, farming, land, game, biz, career, calling, vocation, employment, work, appointment, position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation, treadmill, salt mine, trade, craft, profession, metier, medium, accountancy, accounting, photography, catering

6

noun

Meaning 6

any activity that occupies a person's attention

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: activity

7

noun

Meaning 7

the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: military control

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: social control

8

noun

Meaning 8

the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • during the German occupation of Paris

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: time period, period of time, period

History

Etymology

From Middle English occupacioun, borrowed from Middle French occupacion, occupation, from Latin occupātiō, occupātiōnis, from occupō (“occupy, seize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to seize, grab”). By surface analysis, occupy + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

332 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: punë — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Albanian: profesion — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: وَظِيفَة (waẓīfa) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: مِهْنَة (mihna) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: اِشْتِغَال (ištiḡāl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: شُغْل (šuḡl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: مَشْغَلَة (mašḡala) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: حِرْفَة (ḥirfa) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Arabic: مهنة (mihna) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Armenian: զբաղմունք (zbaġmunkʻ) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Armenian: աշխատանք (ašxatankʻ) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Azerbaijani: məşğələ — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Azerbaijani: peşə — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Azerbaijani: iş — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Azerbaijani: məslək — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Azerbaijani: ixtisas — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bashkir: шөғөл (şöğöl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bashkir: һөнәр (hönər) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bashkir: эш (eş) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: заня́так (zanjátak) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: заня́цце (zanjáccje) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: заня́цьце (zanjácʹcje) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: прафе́сія (prafjésija) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: прафэ́сія (prafésija) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Belarusian: фах (fax) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bengali: পেশা (peśa) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bulgarian: заня́тие (zanjátie) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bulgarian: профе́сия (profésija) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Burmese: အလုပ် (a.lup) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Catalan: ocupació — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Chechen: корматалла (kormatalla) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Chinese Cantonese: 職業 /职业 (zik1 jip6) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Chinese Mandarin: 職業 /职业 (zhíyè) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Czech: zaměstnání — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Czech: profese — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Czech: povolání — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Danish: arbejde — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Danish: beskæftigelse — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Danish: erhverv — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Danish: profession — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Dutch: bezigheid — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Dutch: beroep — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Esperanto: okupo — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Estonian: amet — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Estonian: elukutse — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Finnish: ammatti — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Finnish: työ — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Finnish: ajanviete — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • French: occupation — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • French: métier — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • French: profession — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Georgian: საქმიანობა (sakmianoba) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Georgian: ხელობა (xeloba) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Georgian: პროფესია (ṗropesia) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Georgian: თავშესაქცევი (tavšesakcevi) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • German: Beschäftigung — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • German: Beruf — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Greek: απασχόληση (apaschólisi) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Greek: ϝεργασία (wergasía) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Ancient Greek: ἐργασία (ergasía) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Haitian Creole: okipasyon — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hebrew: תַּעֲסוּקָה (ta'asuka) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hindi: व्यवसाय (vyavsāy) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hindi: काम (kām) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hindi: पेशा (peśā) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hindi: धंधा (dhandhā) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hindi: जीविका (jīvikā) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Hungarian: foglalkozás — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Icelandic: atvinna — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Indonesian: pekerjaan — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Indonesian: profesi — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Italian: occupazione — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Italian: professione — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Japanese: 仕事 (shigoto) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Japanese: 職業 (shokugyō) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kazakh: кәсіп (käsıp) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kazakh: жұмыс (jūmys) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kazakh: қызмет (qyzmet) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kazakh: іс (ıs) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kazakh: мамандық (mamandyq) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Khmer: វិជ្ជាជីវៈ (vicciəciivĕəʼ) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Khmer: ងារ (ngiə) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Korean: 직업 (jigeop) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Central Kurdish: پیشە (pîşe) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: pîşe — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: meslek — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: mihne — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: hokar — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: kariyer — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Northern Kurdish: profesyon — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kyrgyz: жумуш (jumuş) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kyrgyz: кесип (kesip) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Kyrgyz: профессия (professiya) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Lao: ອາຊີບ (ʼā sīp) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Lao: ງານ (ngān) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Latin: negotium — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Latvian: darbs — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Latvian: profesija — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Lithuanian: darbas — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Lithuanian: profesija — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Macedonian: занимање (zanimanje) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Macedonian: струка (struka) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Malay: pekerjaan — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Malay: profesion — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Māori: whakatāuteute — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Māori: umanga — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Māori: mahi — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Mongolian: мэргэжил (mergežil) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠡᠷᠭᠡᠵᠢᠯ (mergeǰil) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Norwegian Bokmål: yrke — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Norwegian Bokmål: profesjon — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: yrke — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: profesjon — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Pashto: اشتغال (ešteǧā̄́l) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Pashto: پېشه (peša) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Pashto: مسلک (maslak) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: اِشْتِغال (ešteġâl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: شُغْل (šoġl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: پیشِه (piše) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: مَشْغَلِه (mašġale) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: کَسْب (kasb) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: کار (kâr) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: مَشْغولِیَّت (mašġuliyyat) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Iranian Persian: حِرْفِه (herfe) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Plautdietsch: Beroop (nds) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Polish: zajęcie — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Polish: zawód — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Polish: fach — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Polish: profesja — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Portuguese: ocupação — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Portuguese: serviço — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Portuguese: emprego — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Portuguese: trabalho — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Portuguese: profissão — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Romanian: profesie — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Romanian: ocupație — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Russian: заня́тие (zanjátije) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Russian: профе́ссия (proféssija) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Scottish Gaelic: cosnadh — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Scottish Gaelic: obair — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Scottish Gaelic: dreuchd — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Scottish Gaelic: gnìomhachd — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀сао — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: профѐсија — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: зани́ма̄ње — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòsao — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: profèsija — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Serbo-Croatian: zanímānje — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Slovak: zamestnanie — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Slovak: profesia — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Slovak: povolanie — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Slovene: poklȋc — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Spanish: ocupación — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Swahili: shughuli — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Swedish: sysselsättning — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Swedish: syssla — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Swedish: fack — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Swedish: profession — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: шуғл (šuġl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: касб (kasb) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: машғулият (mašġuliyat) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: кор (kor) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: пеша (peša) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: ҳунар (hunar) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tajik: ихтисос (ixtisos) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tamil: தொழில் (toḻil) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tamil: வேலை (vēlai) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Tatar: һөнәр (hönär) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Telugu: వృత్తి (vr̥tti) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Thai: อาชีพ (aa-chîip) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Thai: งาน (ngaan) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkish: meşguliyet — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkish: meslek — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkish: iştigal — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkmen: kesp — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkmen: hünär — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Turkmen: kär — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Ukrainian: заня́ття (zanjáttja) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Ukrainian: профе́сія (profésija) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Ukrainian: фах (fax) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: اِشْتِغال (iśtiġāl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: کام (kām) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: مَشْغَلَہ (maśġala) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: پیشَہ (peśa) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: شُغْل (śuġl) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Urdu: مَشْغُولِیَت (maśġūliyat) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Uyghur: كەسىپ (kesip) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Uzbek: hunar — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Uzbek: kasb — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Uzbek: ish — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Vietnamese: nghề — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Vietnamese: nghề nghiệp — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Yiddish: פֿאַך (fakh) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Yiddish: מלאכה (melokhe) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Zazaki: istiğal — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Zazaki: gure (diq) — activity or task with which one occupies oneself
  • Bengali: দখল করা (dokhol kora) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Bulgarian: зае́мане (zaémane) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Catalan: ocupació — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Danish: besættelse — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Danish: okkupation — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Esperanto: okupado — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Finnish: omistus — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Georgian: დაკავება (daḳaveba) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Greek: κατάληψη (katálipsi) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Hebrew: כיבוש \ כִּבּוּשׁ (kibúsh) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Hindi: अधिभोग (adhibhog) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Irish: lonnaíocht — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Irish: gabháil — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Italian: occupazione — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Ladino: okupasion — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Macedonian: заземање (zazemanje) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Norwegian Bokmål: okkupasjon — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Polish: zajmowanie — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Portuguese: ocupação — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Russian: завладе́ние (zavladénije) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Russian: заня́тие (zanjátije) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Russian: занима́ние (zanimánije) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Russian: оккупа́ция (okkupácija) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Spanish: ocupación — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Telugu: ఆక్రమణం (ākramaṇaṁ) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Urdu: قَبْضَہ (qabza) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Yiddish: אָקופּאַציע (okupatsye) — act, process or state of possessing a place
  • Albanian: okupacion — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Albanian: pushtim — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Arabic: اِحْتِلال (iḥtilāl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Arabic: إِشْغَال (ʔišḡāl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Arabic: اِسْتِيلَاء (istīlāʔ) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Arabic: احتلال (eḥtilāl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Armenian: օկուպացիա (ōkupacʻia) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Azerbaijani: işğal — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Azerbaijani: istila — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Azerbaijani: zəbt — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Bashkir: оккупация (okkupatsiya) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Belarusian: акупа́цыя (akupácyja) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Bulgarian: окупа́ция (okupácija) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Catalan: ocupació — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Chinese Cantonese: 占領 (zim3 ling5) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Chinese Cantonese: 占用 (zim3 jung6) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Chinese Mandarin: 占領 (zhànlǐng) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Chinese Mandarin: 占用 (zhànyòng) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Crimean Tatar: işğal — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Czech: obsazení — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Czech: okupace — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Danish: besættelse — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Danish: okkupation — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Dutch: bezetting — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Esperanto: okupacio — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Estonian: okupatsioon — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Faroese: herseting — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Finnish: miehitys — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • French: occupation — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Georgian: ოკუპაცია (oḳuṗacia) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Georgian: დაპყრობა (daṗq̇roba) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • German: Besatzung — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • German: Besetzung — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • German: Okkupation — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Greek: κατοχή (katochí) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Hebrew: כיבוש — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Hebrew: כִּבּוּשׁ (kibúsh) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Hindi: क़ब्ज़ा (qabzā) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Hindi: अधिग्रहण (adhigrahaṇ) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Hungarian: megszállás — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Icelandic: hernám — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Ido: okupado — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Indonesian: pendudukan — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Interlingua: occupation — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Irish: gabháil — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Italian: occupazione — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Japanese: 占領 (senryō) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Kazakh: оккупация (okkupasiä) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Kazakh: басқын (basqyn) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Korean: 점령 (jeomnyeong) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Central Kurdish: داگیری (dagîrî) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Northern Kurdish: dagirî — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Northern Kurdish: dagirkerî — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Northern Kurdish: îşxal — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Kyrgyz: оккупация (okkupatsiya) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Kyrgyz: баскын (baskın) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Ladino: okupasion — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Latvian: okupācija — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Lithuanian: okupacija — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Macedonian: окупација (okupacija) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Malay: pendudukan — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Māori: nohowheta — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norman: otchupâtiaon — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norman: otchupâtion — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norwegian Bokmål: okkupasjon — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hærsetting — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: okkupasjon — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hærsetjing — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Pashto: اشغال (ešǧãl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Pashto: استيلا (estilã) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Iranian Persian: اِشْغال (ešġâl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Iranian Persian: اِسْتیلا (estilâ) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Iranian Persian: تَسَلُّط (tasallot) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Polish: okupacja — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Portuguese: ocupação — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Portuguese: tomada — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Romanian: ocupare — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Romanian: ocupație — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Russian: оккупа́ция (okkupácija) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Serbo-Croatian: окупа́ција — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Serbo-Croatian: okupácija — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Slovak: okupácia — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Slovene: okupacija — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Spanish: ocupación — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Swedish: ockupation — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Tajik: ишғол (išġol) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Tajik: истило (istilo) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Tajik: тасаллут (tasallut) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Tamil: ஊடுருவல் (ūṭuruval) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Tamil: ஆக்கிரமிப்பு (ākkiramippu) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Thai: การยึดครอง (gaan-yʉ́t-krɔɔng) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Turkish: işgal — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Turkish: istila — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Ottoman Turkish: اشغال (işgal) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Turkmen: okkupasiýa — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Ukrainian: окупа́ція (okupácija) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Urdu: قَبْضَہ (qabza) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Urdu: اِشْغال (iśġāl) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Urdu: تَسَلُّط (tasallut) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Uyghur: ئىشغال (ishghal) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Uzbek: okkupatsiya — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Uzbek: ishgʻol — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Uzbek: istilo — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Vietnamese: sự chiếm đóng — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Volapük: bepladam — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Yiddish: אָקופּאַציע (okupatsye) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Yiddish: אָקופּירן (okupirn) — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Zazaki: işğal — control of a country or region by a hostile army
  • Zazaki: istila — control of a country or region by a hostile army
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