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A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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a war instigated by a major power that does not itself participate
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: war, state of war
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
حَرْب بِالوِكَالَة
(ḥarb bi-l-wikāla)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Armenian:
պրոքսի պատերազմ
(prokʻsi paterazm)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Azerbaijani:
vasitəçilik müharibəsi
— war where two powers use third parties
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Bulgarian:
опосредствана война
(oposredstvana vojna)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Catalan:
guerra per delegació
— war where two powers use third parties
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Chinese Mandarin:
代理人戰爭 /代理人战争
(dàilǐrén zhànzhēng)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Czech:
zástupná válka
— war where two powers use third parties
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Danish:
stedfortræderkrig
— war where two powers use third parties
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Danish:
stedfortræderkonflikt
— war where two powers use third parties
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Dutch:
oorlog bij volmacht
— war where two powers use third parties
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Dutch:
proxy-oorlog
— war where two powers use third parties
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Estonian:
varisõda
— war where two powers use third parties
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Finnish:
sijaissota
— war where two powers use third parties
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French:
guerre par procuration
— war where two powers use third parties
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French:
guerre proxy
— war where two powers use third parties
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Galician:
guerra subsidiaria
— war where two powers use third parties
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Georgian:
არაპირდაპირი ომი
(araṗirdaṗiri omi)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Georgian:
ომი შუამავლის მეშვეობით
(omi šuamavlis mešveobit)
— war where two powers use third parties
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German:
Stellvertreterkrieg
— war where two powers use third parties
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Greek:
πόλεμος μέσω αντιπροσώπων
(pólemos méso antiprosópon)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Hebrew:
מלחמה באמצעות שליח
— war where two powers use third parties
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Hindi:
परोक्ष युद्ध
(parokṣ yuddh)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Icelandic:
staðgöngustríð
— war where two powers use third parties
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Indonesian:
perang proksi
— war where two powers use third parties
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Indonesian:
perang bayangan
— war where two powers use third parties
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Italian:
guerra per procura
— war where two powers use third parties
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Japanese:
代理戦争
(dairi sensō)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Korean:
대리 전쟁
(daeri jeonjaeng)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Lithuanian:
karas per trečiąsias šalis
— war where two powers use third parties
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Luxembourgish:
Stellvertriederkrich
— war where two powers use third parties
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Malay:
perang proksi
— war where two powers use third parties
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Malayalam:
മുക്ത്യാർ യുദ്ധം
(muktyāṟ yuddhaṁ)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stedfortrederkrig
— war where two powers use third parties
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stedfortrederkonflikt
— war where two powers use third parties
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Persian:
جنگ نیابتی
(jang-e niyâbati)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Persian:
جنگ وکالتی
(jang-e vekâlati)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Polish:
wojna zastępcza
— war where two powers use third parties
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Portuguese:
guerra por procuração
— war where two powers use third parties
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Russian:
опосре́дованная война́
(oposrédovannaja vojná)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Russian:
прокси-война
(proksi-vojna)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Serbo-Croatian:
rat preko posrednika
— war where two powers use third parties
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Serbo-Croatian:
рат преко посредника
— war where two powers use third parties
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Sindhi:
پرائي جنگ
(prāe j̃g)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Spanish:
guerra subsidiaria
— war where two powers use third parties
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Swedish:
proxykrig
— war where two powers use third parties
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Swedish:
ombudskrig
— war where two powers use third parties
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Thai:
สงครามตัวแทน
(sǒng-kraam-dtuua-tɛɛn)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Turkish:
temsilî savaş
— war where two powers use third parties
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Turkish:
vekâlet savaşı
— war where two powers use third parties
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Ukrainian:
посере́дницька війна́
(poserédnycʹka vijná)
— war where two powers use third parties
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Vietnamese:
chiến tranh ủy nhiệm
— war where two powers use third parties