American Civil War

English

Proper noun

the American Civil War

1. A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy).

Usage notes

Been called by various names; see Names of the American Civil War on Wikipedia.

Synonyms

• (US) Civil War
• (US, especially Southern US) War Between the States
• (US, almost exclusively Southern US) War of Northern Aggression
• (US, chiefly Northern US) War of the Rebellion
• (US, chiefly Northern US) Great Rebellion
• (Outside the US) Secession War
• U.S. Civil War

Hypernyms

• war
• civil war
• insurrection
• revolt, armed revolt
• rebellion, armed rebellion
• secession, armed secession, secession war, war of secession
• independence war, war of independence

Translations

civil war in the United States (1861-1865)

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國內戰 / 美国内战 (mei⁵ gwok³ noi⁶ zin³), 南北戰爭 / 南北战争 (naam⁴ bak¹ zin³ zang¹)

  Mandarin: 美國內戰 / 美国内战 (Měiguó Nèizhàn), 南北戰爭 / 南北战争 (zh) (Nánběi Zhànzhēng) (war of South and North)

• Esperanto: Usona Enlanda Milito
• Finnish: Yhdysvaltain sisällissota
• French: guerre de Sécession (fr) f, guerre civile américaine f
• Galician: Guerra de Secesión f
• Georgian: ამერიკის სამოქალაქო ომი (ameriḳis samokalako omi), აშშ-ის სამოქალაქო ომი (ašš-is samokalako omi), ომი სამხრეთსა და ჩრდილოეთს შორის (omi samxretsa da črdiloets šoris)
• German: Sezessionskrieg (de) m, Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg m
• Greek: Αμερικανικός Εμφύλιος Πόλεμος m (Amerikanikós Emfýlios Pólemos)
• Hindi: अमेरिकी गृहयुद्ध m (amerikī gŕhyuddh)
• Icelandic: Þrælastríðið (is) n, Bandaríska borgarastríðið n
• Italian: guerra di secessione americana f, guerra civile americana f
• Japanese: 南北戦争 (なんぼくせんそう, Nanboku sensō) (war of South and North)
• Korean: 남북전쟁(南北戰爭) (Nambukjeonjaeng) (war of South and North)
• Navajo: bilagáana tʼáá biʼałkʼiijééʼ
• Polish: wojna secesyjna f
• Portuguese: Guerra Civil Americana f, Guerra de Secessão f
• Russian: гражда́нская война́ в США f (graždánskaja vojná v SŠA), война́ Се́вера и Ю́га f (vojná Sévera i Júga) (war of North and South)
• Spanish: Guerra de Secesión (es) f, Guerra Civil estadounidense f
• Vietnamese: Nội chiến Hoa Kỳ

See also

• Billy Yank
• Confederate States of America
• Gettysburg
• Johnny Reb
• secession
• slavery