English [ edit ]
air -raid shelter (plural air-raid shelters )
A structure, often a reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids .
1941 July, “Notes and News: New Tube Station at Highgate”, in Railway Magazine , page 329 :With the intensification of air raids on London last September, these tube platforms began to be used as an air raid shelter , and shelterers travelled by train (specially stopped there) from other stations in order to gain access.
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reinforced underground shelter designed to give protection against air raids
Afrikaans: bomskuiling (af)
Arabic: مَلْجَأ مِنَ الْقَنَابِل m ( maljaʔ mina l-qanābil )
Armenian: ռմբապաստարան (hy) ( ṙmbapastaran )
Belarusian: бамбасхо́вішча n ( bambasxóvišča ) , схо́вішча n ( sxóvišča )
Bulgarian: противовъзду́шно скрива́лище n ( protivovǎzdúšno skriválište ) , бомбоубе́жище n ( bomboubéžište )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 防空洞 (zh) ( fángkōngdòng ) , 防空壕 (zh) ( fángkōngháo ) , 避彈壕 / 避弹壕 ( bìdànháo )
Czech: protiletecký kryt m
Danish: beskyttelsesrum n
Dutch: schuilkelder (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: pommivarjend (et)
Finnish: väestönsuoja (fi)
French: abri anti-aérien m
Georgian: ბომბსაფარი ( bombsapari )
German: Luftschutzbunker (de) m
Hebrew: מִקְלָט (he) m ( miklát )
Hungarian: légoltalmi óvóhely (hu) , óvóhely (hu) , légópince (hu)
Italian: rifugio antiaereo m
Japanese: 防空壕 (ja) ( ぼうくうごう, bōkūgō )
Kazakh: бомбапана ( bombapana )
Korean: 방공호(防空壕) (ko) ( banggongho )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sitargeha êrişên ezmanî
Kyrgyz: жерпаана ( jerpaana ) , бомбоубежище ( bomboubejişce )
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Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tilfluktsrom n
Pohnpeian: pwohkungo
Polish: schron przeciwlotniczy m
Portuguese: abrigo antiaéreo m
Romanian: adăpost antiaerian (ro) n
Russian: бомбоубе́жище (ru) n ( bomboubéžišče ) , убе́жище (ru) n ( ubéžišče )
Slovak: protiletecký kryt m
Spanish: refugio antiaéreo m , refugio antibombas m
Swedish: skyddsrum (sv) n
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: бомбосхо́вище (uk) n ( bombosxóvyšče ) , схо́вище n ( sxóvyšče )
Uzbek: bombapanoh (uz) , bombapanohgoh , bombapana (uz)
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