"Prohibition" meaning in English

See Prohibition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Prohibition
  1. (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-Prohibition-en-name-EzvgBTsK Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
  2. (history) Any of several periods during which the manufacture, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcoholic beverages were restricted or illegal.
    (US) The period from 17 January 1920 through 5 December 1933 in the United States, between the effective dates of the Eighteenth and Twenty-First Amendments to the United States Constitution.
    Tags: US Categories (topical): History, Drinking Translations (period): مَنْع اَلْكُحُول (manʕ al-kuḥūl) [masculine] (Arabic), 禁酒令 (jìnjiǔlìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 禁酒 (jìnjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), kieltolain aika (Finnish), Prohibition [feminine] (French), Alkoholprohibition [feminine] (German), Prohibition [feminine] (German), szesztilalom (Hungarian), 禁酒令 (kinshurei) (alt: きんしゅれい) (Japanese), 禁酒 (kinshu) (alt: きんしゅ) (Japanese), құрғақ заң (qūrğaq zañ) (Kazakh), 금주법 (geumjubeop) (alt: 禁酒法) (Korean), prohibicja [feminine] (Polish), сухо́й зако́н (suxój zakón) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-Prohibition-en-name-AXzORbLT Disambiguation of Drinking: 18 55 26 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 57 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 73 12 Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'period': 33 67 0
  3. (Islam) The 66th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an. Categories (topical): Islam, Qur'an Translations (66th sura of the Qur'an): سورة التحريم (Arabic), 禁戒章 (Jìnjièzhāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 禁止 (Kinshi) (alt: きんし) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-Prohibition-en-name-VSRwIScB Disambiguation of Qur'an: 5 40 55 Topics: Islam, lifestyle, religion Disambiguation of "66th sura of the Qur'an": 2 17 81

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