Iron Curtain

See also: iron curtain

English

the Iron Curtain depicted as a black line

Etymology

Specialised use of iron curtain. Used (in German) during World War II by Joseph Goebbels. In English it appeared in telegrams from Winston Churchill to Harry S. Truman in 1945 before being popularized by Churchill in a speech he gave at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri 5 March 1946.

Proper noun

Iron Curtain

1. (historical) The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions, especially during the Cold War.
   • 1946, Winston Churchill, Sinews of Peace:

     From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

Translations

the dividing line between western Europe and the Soviet controlled regions

• Arabic: السِتَار الحَدِيدِي m (as-sitār al-ḥadīdī)
• Armenian: երկաթյա վարագույր (erkatʻya varaguyr)
• Belarusian: жале́зная засло́на f (žaljéznaja zaslóna)
• Bulgarian: желя́зна заве́са f (željázna zavésa)
• Catalan: Teló d'Acer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵幕／铁幕 (zh) (tiěmù), 铁幕 (zh) (tiěmù)

• Czech: železná opona (cs) f
• Danish: jerntæppe n
• Dutch: IJzeren Gordijn n
• Esperanto: fera kurteno
• Estonian: raudne eesriie
• Finnish: rautaesirippu (fi)
• French: rideau de fer (fr) m
• Georgian: რკინის ფარდა (rḳinis parda)
• German: Eiserner Vorhang (de) m
• Hebrew: מסך הברזל
• Hungarian: vasfüggöny (hu)
• Icelandic: járntjaldið n
• Italian: Cortina di ferro f
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• Japanese: 鉄のカーテン (tetsu no kāten)
• Kazakh: темір перде (temır perde)
• Khmer: វាំងននដែក (vĕəng nɔɔn daek), រនាំងដែក (rɔɔnĕəngdaek)
• Korean: 철의 장막 (cheorui jangmak)
• Macedonian: же́лезна заве́са f (žélezna zavésa)
• Maltese: Purtiera tal-Ħadid f
• Mongolian: төмөр хөшиг (tömör xöšig)
• Polish: żelazna kurtyna (pl) f
• Portuguese: Cortina de Ferro f
• Romanian: Cortina de fier
• Russian: желе́зный за́навес (ru) m (želéznyj zánaves)
• Scottish Gaelic: Cùirtear Iarainn m
• Slovene: želézna zavésa f
• Spanish: Cortina de Hierro f, Telón de Acero m
• Swedish: järnridån (sv) c
• Thai: ม่านเหล็ก (mâan lèk)
• Ukrainian: залі́зна заві́са f (zalízna zavísa)
• Uyghur: تۆمۈر پەردە (tömür perde)
• Vietnamese: bức màn sắt

Further reading

• Iron Curtain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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