"American Civil War" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=American Civil War}} American Civil War
  1. A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy). Wikipedia link: en:American Civil War Categories (topical): American Civil War, History of the United States, War Synonyms: Civil War [US], War Between the States [Southern-US, US, especially], War of the Rebellion [Northern-US, US], Great Rebellion [Northern-US, US], U.S. Civil War Synonyms (Outside the US): Secession War Synonyms (almost exclusively Southern US): War of Northern Aggression [US] Translations (civil war in the United States (1861-1865)): 美國內戰 (Chinese Cantonese), 美国内战 (mei⁵ gwok³ noi⁶ zin³) (Chinese Cantonese), 南北戰爭 (Chinese Cantonese), 南北战争 (naam⁴ bak¹ zin³ zang¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 美國內戰 (Chinese Mandarin), 美国内战 (Měiguó nèizhàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 南北戰爭 (Chinese Mandarin), 南北战争 (Nán-Běi zhànzhēng) [war, politics, government] (Chinese Mandarin), Usona Enlanda Milito (Esperanto), Yhdysvaltain sisällissota (Finnish), guerre de Sécession [feminine] (French), guerre civile américaine [feminine] (French), ამერიკის სამოქალაქო ომი (ameriḳis samokalako omi) (Georgian), აშშ-ის სამოქალაქო ომი (ašš-is samokalako omi) (Georgian), ომი სამხრეთსა და ჩრდილოეთს შორის (omi samxretsa da črdiloets šoris) (Georgian), Sezessionskrieg [masculine] (German), Amerikanischer Bürgerkrieg [masculine] (German), Αμερικανικός Εμφύλιος Πόλεμος (Amerikanikós Emfýlios Pólemos) [masculine] (Greek), Þrælastríðið [neuter] (Icelandic), Bandaríska borgarastríðið [neuter] (Icelandic), guerra di secessione americana [feminine] (Italian), guerra civile americana [feminine] (Italian), 南北戦争 (Nan-Boku sensō) (alt: なんぼくせんそう) [war, politics, government] (Japanese), bilagáana tʼáá biʼałkʼiijééʼ (Navajo), wojna secesyjna [feminine] (Polish), Guerra Civil Americana [feminine] (Portuguese), Guerra de Secessão [feminine] (Portuguese), гражда́нская война́ в США (graždánskaja vojná v SŠA) [feminine] (Russian), война́ Се́вера и Ю́га (vojná Sévera i Júga) [feminine] [war, politics, government] (Russian), Guerra de Secesión [feminine] (Spanish), Guerra Civil estadounidense [feminine] (Spanish), Nội chiến Hoa Kỳ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-American_Civil_War-en-name-9Sp-5WW2 Categories (other): Cantonese terms with redundant transliterations, English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with non-redundant manual transliterations Hypernyms: war, civil war, insurrection, revolt, armed revolt, rebellion, armed rebellion, secession, armed secession, secession war, war of secession, independence war, war of independence

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      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Bandaríska borgarastríðið"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra di secessione americana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "guerra civile americana"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なんぼくせんそう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of South and North"
      ],
      "roman": "Nan-Boku sensō",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "topics": [
        "war",
        "politics",
        "government"
      ],
      "word": "南北戦争"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "word": "bilagáana tʼáá biʼałkʼiijééʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wojna secesyjna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guerra Civil Americana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guerra de Secessão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "graždánskaja vojná v SŠA",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гражда́нская война́ в США"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "raw_tags": [
        "of North and South"
      ],
      "roman": "vojná Sévera i Júga",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "war",
        "politics",
        "government"
      ],
      "word": "война́ Се́вера и Ю́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guerra de Secesión"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Guerra Civil estadounidense"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "civil war in the United States (1861-1865)",
      "word": "Nội chiến Hoa Kỳ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "American Civil War"
}

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