Noun
war zone (plural war zones)
- A region where war is ongoing.
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57:He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].
- A region where structures are damaged or in disarray, appearing similar to the effects of a military conflict.
- By extension, any area with a significant display of damage or disarray.
Translations
region of ongoing war
- Albanian: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Belarusian: зо́на вайско́вых дзе́янняў f, зо́на баявы́х дзе́янняў f
- Burmese: ပဋိပက္ခဒေသ (pa.ti.pakhka.desa.)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 戰區／战区 (zh) (zhànqū)
- Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
- Danish: krigszone (da) c, kampzone (da) c
- Dutch: oorlogsgebied (nl) n
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: sotatoimialue
- French: théâtre d’opération m, zone de guerre f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Kriegsgebiet (de) n
- Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
- Italian: zona di guerra f
- Japanese: 交戦地帯 (こうせんちたい, kōsen chitai)
- Khmer: តំបន់សង្គ្រាម (tɑmbɑn sɑngkriəm)
- Korean: 교전 지역(交戰地域) (gyojeon jiyeok)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
- Maori: kauhanga riri
- Polish: strefa wojny f, strefa wojenna f
- Portuguese: zona de guerra f
- Romanian: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: зо́на вое́нных де́йствий f (zóna vojénnyx déjstvij), зо́на боевы́х де́йствий f (zóna bojevýx déjstvij)
- Slovak: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: zona de guerra f
- Swedish: krigszon c
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: please add this translation if you can
- Ukrainian: зо́на військови́х дій f (zóna vijsʹkovýx dij), зо́на бойови́х дій f (zóna bojovýx dij)
- Vietnamese: vùng chiến sự, chiến trường (vi)
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