Crusade

See also: crusade

§English

Crusaders

§Etymology

See crusade.

§Proper 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.

   During the Crusade, they encountered the first batch of jihadists near the coast.

§Derived terms

• crusader

§Translations

campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land

• Arabic: حملة صليبية f
• Armenian: խաչակրաց արշավանք (xačʿakracʿ aršavankʿ)
• Catalan: creuada f
• Czech: křižová výprava f, kruciáta f
• Danish: korstog c
• Dutch: kruistocht m
• Esperanto: kampanjo
• Estonian: ristisõda (et)
• Finnish: ristiretki (fi)
• French: croisade (fr) f
• Georgian: ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა (ǰvarosnuli lašk’roba)
• 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: крестовый поход 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
• Turkish: haclilar
• Yiddish: קרייצצוג m (kreitstsug)

§See also

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

§External links

• Crusade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• AskOxford.com