insurgency

English

Etymology

From insurgent +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/

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• (US) enPR: ĭn-sûrʹ-jən-si, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/
• Hyphenation: in‧sur‧gen‧cy
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənsi

Noun

insurgency (countable and uncountable, plural insurgencies)

1. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

   suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population

Derived terms

• antiinsurgency
• counterinsurgency

Translations

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

Arabic: تَمَرُّد m (tamarrud), عِصْيَان m (ʕiṣyān) Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütərew), күтәрелеш (kütəreleş) Chechen: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 起義 / 起义 (zh) (qǐyì), 暴動 / 暴动 (zh) (bàodòng), 叛亂 / 叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn) Danish: oprør n Finnish: kapina (fi) Japanese: 内乱 (ja) (nairan) Korean: 분란전(紛亂戰) (bullanjeon) Latin: rebelliō f, rebellium n Polish: insurekcja (pl) f, powstanie (pl) n Portuguese: insurgência f Romanian: insurgență (ro) f Russian: бунт (ru) m (bunt), восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž) Swedish: uppror (sv) n Telugu: తిరుగుబాటు (te) (tirugubāṭu) Thai: กบฏ (th) (gà-bòt) Turkish: isyan (tr) Vietnamese: cuộc nổi dậy (局𤃠跩)