"colour revolution" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colour revolutions [plural]
Etymology: These movements often adopted a specific colour as their symbol, as in Ukraine's Orange Revolution (2004) and Kuwait's Blue Revolution (2005). Head templates: {{en-noun}} colour revolution (plural colour revolutions)
  1. (politics) Any of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance. Wikipedia link: colour revolution Categories (topical): Politics Synonyms: coloured revolution, color revolution Translations (any of various related revolutionary movements mostly using nonviolent resistance): 顏色革命 /颜色革命 (yánsè gémìng) (Chinese Mandarin), värivallankumous (Finnish), révolution de couleur [feminine] (French), révolution colorée [feminine] (French), Farbrevolution [feminine] (German), Farbenrevolution [feminine] (German), színes forradalom (Hungarian), カラー革命 (karā kakumei) (Japanese), បដិវត្តន៍ពណ៌ (paʼdevŏət pɔə) (Khmer), цветная революция (cvetnaja revoljucija) [feminine] (Russian), кольоро́ва револю́ція (kolʹoróva revoljúcija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), cách mạng màu (Vietnamese)

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