Crusade

See also: crusade

English

Crusaders

Etymology

See crusade.

Noun

Crusade (plural Crusades)

1. One of a series of ostensibly religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

Derived terms

• crusader

Translations

campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land

• Arabic: حَمْلَة صَلِيبِيَّة‏‎ f (ḥamla ṣalībiyya)
• Armenian: խաչակրաց արշավանք (hy) (xačʿakracʿ aršavankʿ)
• Catalan: creuada (ca) f
• Czech: křižová výprava f, kruciáta f
• Danish: korstog c
• Dutch: kruistocht (nl) m
• Esperanto: kampanjo
• Estonian: ristisõda (et)
• Finnish: ristiretki (fi)
• French: croisade (fr) f
• Georgian: ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა (ǯvarosnuli laškroba)
• German: Kreuzzug (de) m
• Hebrew: מסע צלב (mas'a tzlav) m
• Hungarian: kereszteshadjárat (hu)
• Indonesian: Perang Salib
• Japanese: 十字軍 (じゅうじぐん, jūjigun)

• Malay: Perang Salib
• Norwegian: korstog (no)
• Persian: جنگ‌های صلیبی‏‎ (janghâye salibi)
• Polish: krucjata (pl) f
• Portuguese: cruzada f
• Romanian: cruciadă (ro) f
• Russian: кресто́вый похо́д (ru) m (krestóvyj poxód)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cogadh na Croise m
• Serbo-Croatian: крсташки поход m, крсташки рат m, križarski pohod, križarski rat, krstaški pohod, krstaški rat
• Slovak: križiak m
• Spanish: cruzada (es) f
• Swedish: korståg (sv) n
• Tagalog: Krusada
• Turkish: haçlılar
• Yiddish: קרייצצוג‏‎ m (kreitstsug)

See also

• Christian soldier
• holy war
• janissary
• Knights Templar
• Miles Christi
• Teutonic Knights

Further reading

• Crusade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• AskOxford.com