civil war
civil war noun: a war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
Noun
civil war (plural civil wars)
- A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
- Our Father’s Death
Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War,
And cloſe the Scene of Blood.1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], published 1713, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1 - At about the time the salarians and asari were forming the Council, the turians were embroiled in a bitter civil war. The Unification War, as it was later named, began with hostilities between the colonies furthest from the turian homeworld, Palaven.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Turians: The Unification War Codex entry
- Our Father’s Death
Proper noun capitalized: Civil War
the Civil War
- Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.
- Puritans had always been only a minority, albeit one with disproportionate influence. The Civil War of the 1640s, which culminated in the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the establishment of a republic, gave them supreme power.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 46
civil war meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
civil war in Hindi
- war between factions within a single country
- गृहयुद्ध gŕhyuddh
civil war in Tamil
- war between factions within a single country
- உள்நாட்டுப் போர் uḷnāṭṭup pōr
civil war in Marathi
- war between factions within a single country
- यादवी युद्ध yādvī yuddha, गृहयुद्ध gŕhyuddha
civil war in Urdu
- war between factions within a single country
- خانَہ جَن٘گی xāna jaṅgī
More languagesFewer languages
- civil war in Bengali
- গৃহযুদ্ধ grihojuddho
- civil war in Telugu
- పౌర యుద్ధం paura yuddhaṁ
- civil war in Malayalam
- ആഭ്യന്തരയുദ്ധം ābhyantarayuddhaṁ
- civil war in Kannada
- ಅಂತಃಕಲಹ antaḥkalaha
- civil war in Punjabi
- ਖ਼ਾਨਾਜੰਗੀ xānājaṅgī
- civil war in Gujarati
- આંતરવિગ્રહ āntarvigrah
- civil war in Assamese
- গৃহযুদ্ধ grihozuddho
- civil war in Pashto
- کورنۍ جګړه koranëy jëgëṛa
- civil war in Tagalog
- digmaang sibil, bayanhing digmaan
- civil war in Arabic
- حَرْب أَهْلِيَّة ḥarb ʔahliyya
- civil war in Malay
- perang saudara
- civil war in Indonesian
- perang saudara
- civil war in Thai
- สงครามกลางเมือง sǒng-kraam-glaang-mʉʉang
- civil war in Vietnamese
- nội chiến
- civil war in Myanmar
- ပြည်တွင်းစစ် pranytwang:cac
Forms of civil war
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Origin of civil war
Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre. Displaced native Old English inġewinn.
Capitalization of civil war.
Words formed from civil war
- English Civil War (1642–1651)
- American Civil War (1861–1865)
- Irish Civil War (1922–1923)
Questions about civil war
- What does civil war mean?
- Civil war means a war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
- What is civil war in Hindi?
- Civil war in Hindi is गृहयुद्ध (gŕhyuddh). See Civil war meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is civil war?
- Civil war can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of civil war?
- The plural of civil war is civil wars.
Words near civil war in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: civil war (page history and authors); Civil War (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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