Watergate

See also: watergate and water gate

English

Etymology

From the name of the Watergate Hotel; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwɑtəɹˌɡeɪt/

Proper noun

Watergate

1. A US political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.

Related terms

• -gate
• Watergate salad

Translations

scandal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水門事件／水门事件 (shuǐmén shìjiàn), 水门事件 (Shuǐmén shìjiàn)

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• Finnish: Watergate, Watergate-skandaali
• Hindi: वॉटरगेट m (vŏṭargeṭ)
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• Japanese: ウォーターゲート事件 (ウォーターゲートじけん, Wōtāgēto jiken), ウォーターゲート (Wōtāgēto)
• Korean: 워터게이트 사건 (woteogeiteu sageon)
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• Russian: Уотерге́йтский сканда́л m (Uotɛrgéjtskij skandál), Уотерге́йт (ru) m (Uotɛrgéjt), Уо́тергейт (ru) m (Uótɛrgejt)
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