insurgency

English

Etymology

From insurgent +‎ -cy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɜː.d͡ʒən.si/

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• (US) enPR: ĭn-sûrʹ-jən-si, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɝ.d͡ʒən.si/
• Hyphenation: in‧sur‧gen‧cy
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒənsi

Noun

insurgency (countable and uncountable, plural insurgencies)

1. rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

   suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population

Translations

rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Bashkir: ихтилал (ixtilal), баш күтәреү (baş kütərew), күтәрелеш (kütəreleş)
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 起義／起义 (zh) (qǐyì), 暴動／暴动 (zh) (bàodòng), 叛亂／叛乱 (zh) (pànluàn)

• Danish: oprør n
• Finnish: kapina (fi)
• Japanese: 内乱 (ja) (nairan)
• Korean: 분란전(紛亂戰) (bullanjeon)
• Latin: rebelliō f, rebellium n
• Polish: insurekcja (pl) f, powstanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: insurgência f
• Romanian: insurgență (ro) f
• Russian: бунт (ru) m (bunt), восста́ние (ru) n (vosstánije), мяте́ж (ru) m (mjatéž)
• Swedish: uppror (sv) n
• Telugu: తిరుగుబాటు (te) (tirugubāṭu)
• Thai: กบฏ (th) (gà-bòt)
• Turkish: isyan (tr)
• Vietnamese: cuộc nổi dậy (局𤃠跩)