Prohibition

See also: prohibition

English

Proper noun

Prohibition

1. (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal,
2. (Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Translations

period

• Arabic: مَنْع اَلْكُحُول m (manʕ al-kuḥūl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁酒令 (zh) (jìnjiǔlìng), 禁酒 (zh) (jìnjiǔ)

• Finnish: kieltolain aika
• French: Prohibition f
• German: Alkoholprohibition f, Prohibition (de) f
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• Hungarian: szesztilalom
• Japanese: 禁酒令 (きんしゅれい, kinshurei), 禁酒 (きんしゅ, kinshu)
• Korean: 금주법 (geumjubeop) (禁酒法)
• Polish: prohibicja (pl) f
• Russian: сухо́й зако́н (ru) m (suxój zakón)

66th sura of the Qur'an

• Arabic: سورة التحريم
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 禁戒章 (Jìnjìezhāng)

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• Japanese: 禁止 (ja) (きんし, Kinshi)

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German

Noun

Prohibition f (genitive Prohibition, plural Prohibitionen)

1. prohibition of alcohol / drugs
2. (history) Prohibition

Further reading

• “Prohibition” in Duden online