"intifada" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪntɪˈfɑːdə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intifada.wav [Southern-England] Forms: intifadas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ar|اِنْتِفَاضَة||shaking off, uprising, insurrection}} Arabic اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa, “shaking off, uprising, insurrection”), {{root|en|ar|ن ف ض}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} intifada (plural intifadas)
  1. An insurrection; a usually violent attempt to take control of a government. Categories (topical): Islam
    Sense id: en-intifada-en-noun-Q4R-uTfr Disambiguation of Islam: 74 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 34 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24
  2. An uprising, resistant struggle or rebellious protest, especially the Palestinian uprisings against Israel.
    Sense id: en-intifada-en-noun-J9RY0jFf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intefadah, intifadah, Intifada Related terms: intifadist Translations (intifada): اِنْتِفَاضَة (intifāḍa) [feminine] (Arabic), ইন্তেফাজা (intefaza) (Bengali), intifada [feminine] (Catalan), 起義 (alt: 巴勒斯坦...) (Chinese Mandarin), 起义 (qǐyì) (Chinese Mandarin), 大起義 (Chinese Mandarin), 大起义 (dà qǐyì) (Chinese Mandarin), intifáda [feminine] (Czech), intifada (Finnish), intifada [feminine] (French), Intifada [feminine] (German), אִנְתִּיפָדָה (intifáda) [feminine] (Hebrew), इंतिफ़ादा (intifādā) [masculine] (Hindi), インティファーダ (intifāda) (Japanese), 인티파다 (intipada) (Korean), intifadah (Malay), intifade (Northern Kurdish), انتفاضه (intifāza) [feminine] (Pashto), اِنْتِفاضِه (entefâze) (Persian), intifada [feminine] (Polish), intifada [feminine] (Portuguese), интифа́да (intifáda) [feminine] (Russian), интифа́да [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), intifáda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), intifada [feminine] (Spanish), intifada [common-gender] (Swedish), интифоза (intifoza) (Tajik), intifada (Turkish), intifaza (Turkish), اِنْتِفاضَہ (intifāza) [masculine] (Urdu), אינטיפֿאַדע (intifade) [feminine] (Yiddish)
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интифа́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интифа́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intifáda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intifada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "intifada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "intifoza",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "word": "интифоза"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "word": "intifada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "word": "intifaza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "intifāza",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "اِنْتِفاضَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "intifade",
      "sense": "intifada",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אינטיפֿאַדע"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intifada"
}

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