English
Etymology
Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle , in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War,
with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre .
Noun
civil war (plural civil wars )
A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country , or a similar political entity.
2015 , Shane R. Reeves, David Wallace, “The Combatant Status of the “Little Green Men” and Other Participants in the Ukraine Conflict”, in International Law Studies, US Naval War College [1] , volume 91 , number 361 , Stockton Center for the Study of International Law, page 393 :The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.196
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war between factions within a single country
Albanian: luftë civile f
Arabic: حَرْب أَهْلِيَّة f ( ḥarb ʔahliyya )
Armenian: քաղաքացիական պատերազմ (hy) ( kʻaġakʻacʻiakan paterazm )
Assamese: গৃহযুদ্ধ ( grihozuddho )
Asturian: guerra civil f
Azerbaijani: vətəndaş müharibəsi
Bashkir: граждандар һуғышы ( grajdandar huğışı )
Basque: gerra zibil
Belarusian: грамадзя́нская вайна́ f ( hramadzjánskaja vajná )
Bengali: গৃহযুদ্ধ ( grihojuddho )
Bulgarian: гражда́нска война f ( graždánska vojna )
Buryat: эрхэтэнэй дайн ( erxetenej dajn )
Catalan: guerra civil f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 內戰 / 内战 (zh) ( nèizhàn ) , 内战 (zh) ( nèizhàn ) , 內亂 / 内乱 (zh) ( nèiluàn ) , 内乱 (zh) ( nèiluàn ) , 國內戰爭 / 国内战争 ( guónèi zhànzhēng ) , 国内战争 ( guónèi zhànzhēng )
Czech: občanská válka (cs) f
Danish: borgerkrig (da) c
Dutch: burgeroorlog (nl) m
Egyptian: (ḏꜣjs )
Erzya: ошалянь тюрема ( ošaľań ťuŕema )
Esperanto: enlanda milito
Estonian: kodusõda
Faroese: borgarakríggj n
Finnish: sisällissota (fi)
French: guerre civile (fr) f , guerre intestine f
Galician: guerra civil f
Georgian: სამოქალაქო ომი ( samokalako omi )
German: Bürgerkrieg (de) m
Greek: εμφύλιος πόλεμος (el) m ( emfýlios pólemos )
Ancient: ἐμφύλιος πόλεμος m ( emphúlios pólemos )
Gujarati: આંતરવિગ્રહ ( āntarvigrah )
Hawaiian: kaua kūloko
Hebrew: מלחמת אזרחים
Hindi: गृहयुद्ध (hi) ( gŕhyuddh )
Hungarian: polgárháború (hu)
Icelandic: borgarastyrjöld f
Indonesian: perang saudara (id)
Italian: guerra civile (it) f
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Japanese: 内戦 (ja) ( ないせん, naisen ) , 内乱 ( ないらん, nairan )
Kannada: ಅಂತಃಕಲಹ (kn) ( antaḥkalaha )
Kazakh: азаматтық соғыс ( azamattyq soğys )
Korean: 내전 (ko) ( naejeon ) (內戰 (ko) )
Kyrgyz: жарандык согуш ( jarandık soguş )
Latin: bellum civile n
Malay: perang saudara
Malayalam: ആഭ്യന്തരയുദ്ധം ( ābhyantarayuddhaṁ )
Maori: kaiākiri
Marathi: यादवी युद्ध ( yādvī yuddha ) , गृहयुद्ध ( gŕhyuddha )
Mongolian: иргэний дайн ( irgenii dajn )
Newar: गृह हताः ( gr̥ha hatā: )
Norman: dgèrre civile f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: borgerkrig m
Nynorsk: borgarkrig m
Occitan: guèrra civila f
Old English: ingefeoht n
Ossetian: мидхӕст ( midxæst )
Persian: جنگ داخلی (fa)
Polish: wojna domowa (pl) f
Portuguese: guerra civil (pt) f
Punjabi: ਖ਼ਾਨਾਜੰਗੀ ( xānājaṅgī )
Romanian: război civil (ro) n
Russian: гражда́нская война́ (ru) f ( graždánskaja vojná )
Scottish Gaelic: cogadh sìobhalta m
Slovak: občianska vojna f
Slovene: državljanska vojna (sl) f
Spanish: guerra civil (es) f
Swedish: inbördeskrig (sv) n
Tagalog: bayanhing digmaan ( bayanhing digmaan )
Tajik: ҷанги шаҳрвандӣ ( jang-i šahrvandi )
Tamil: உள்நாட்டுப் போர் ( uḷnāṭṭup pōr )
Telugu: పౌర యుద్ధం ( paura yuddhaṁ )
Thai: สงครามกลางเมือง ( sǒng-kraam-glaang-mʉʉang )
Turkish: iç savaş (tr)
Ukrainian: громадя́нська війна́ f ( hromadjánsʹka vijná )
Uzbek: fuqarolar urushi
Vietnamese: nội chiến (vi) (內戰 )