proxy war

English[edit]

proxy war (plural proxy wars)

A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for, fighting each other directly.
- 2015 October 12, Anne Barnard; Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times‎^[1], ISSN 0362-4331:
  With the enhanced insurgent firepower and with Russia steadily raising the number of airstrikes against the government’s opponents, the Syrian conflict is edging closer to an all-out proxy war between the United States and Russia.

war where two powers use third parties

Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理戰爭, 代理战争 (dàilǐ zhànzhēng)
Danish: stedfortræderkrig c (war), stedfortræderkonflikt c (where outright war is not the case)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: varisõda
Finnish: sijaissota
French: guerre par procuration (fr) f
German: Stellvertreterkrieg (de) m
Icelandic: staðgöngustríð n

Japanese: 代理戦争 (だいりせんそう, dairi sensō)
Korean: 대리 전쟁 (daeri jeonjaeng)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stedfortrederkrig (no) m, stedfortrederkonflikt (no) m (where outright war is not the case)
Persian: جنگ نیابتی‎ (ǰang-e-niyābatī), جنگ وکالتی‎ (ǰang-e-vekālatī)
Portuguese: guerra por procuração f
Russian: опосре́дованная война́ f (oposrédovannaja vojná)
Spanish: guerra subsidiaria (es) f
Swedish: proxykrig (sv) n, ombudskrig n
Thai: สงครามตัวแทน (sǒng-kraam-dtuua-tɛɛn)
Turkish: temsilî savaş, vekâlet savaşı
Ukrainian: посере́дницька війна́ f (poserédnycʹka vijná)