Meanings
coast guard1
Coast Guard2
proper noun
- governmentThe coast guard of a particular armed forces.
- USabbreviationellipsisgovernmentEllipsis of United States Coast Guard.
An ultra-marathoner’s attempt to “run” from Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble was cut short when the Coast Guard towed him back to land – for the second time.
2016 April 25, Madison Park, “Coast Guard rescues man running in a bubble in the ocean, again”, in CNN
Origin
From coast + guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans kuswag
- kuswagenforcer of maritime law
Basque kostazaintza
- kostazaintzaenforcer of maritime law
Bulgarian брегова охрана
- брегова охрана (bregova ohrana)enforcer of maritime law
Catalan guardacostes, guàrdia costanera
- guardacostesenforcer of maritime law
- guàrdia costaneraenforcer of maritime law
Chinese Mandarin 海岸警衛隊 /海岸警卫队, 海岸警備隊 /海岸警备队
- 海岸警衛隊 /海岸警卫队 (hǎi'àn jǐngwèiduì)enforcer of maritime law
- 海岸警備隊 /海岸警备队 (hǎi'àn jǐngbèiduì)enforcer of maritime law
- 海岸巡防隊 /海岸巡防队 (hǎi'àn xúnfángduì)enforcer of maritime law
- 海警 (hǎijǐng)enforcer of maritime law
Danish kystvagt
- kystvagtenforcer of maritime law
Dutch kustwacht
- kustwachtenforcer of maritime law
Estonian merevalve
- merevalveenforcer of maritime law
Finnish merivartiosto, merivartija
- merivartiostoenforcer of maritime law
- merivartijaenforcer of maritime law
French garde-côte
- garde-côteenforcer of maritime law
German Küstenwache
- Küstenwacheenforcer of maritime law
Greek ακτοφύλακας
- ακτοφύλακας (aktofýlakas)enforcer of maritime law
Hindi तटरक्षक
- तटरक्षक (taṭrakṣak)enforcer of maritime law
Hungarian parti őrség
- parti őrségenforcer of maritime law
Irish feighlí mara, garda cósta
- feighlí maraenforcer of maritime law
- garda cóstaenforcer of maritime law
- vaidhtéirenforcer of maritime law
Italian guardia costiera
- guardia costieraenforcer of maritime law
Japanese 沿岸警備隊
- 沿岸警備隊 (engan keibitai)enforcer of maritime law
Korean 해안경비대, 해양경찰
- 해안경비대 (haean'gyeongbidae)enforcer of maritime law
- 해양경찰 (haeyanggyeongchal)enforcer of maritime law
Norwegian Bokmål kystvakt
- kystvaktenforcer of maritime law
Polish straż przybrzeżna
- straż przybrzeżnaenforcer of maritime law
Portuguese guarda costeira
- guarda costeiraenforcer of maritime law
Russian берегова́я охра́на
- берегова́я охра́на (beregovája oxrána)enforcer of maritime law
Scottish Gaelic maor-cladaich
- maor-cladaichenforcer of maritime law
Spanish guardacostas, guardia costera
- guardacostasenforcer of maritime law
- guardia costeraenforcer of maritime law
Swedish kustbevakning
- kustbevakningenforcer of maritime law
Tagalog bantay-dagat, guwardakosta
- bantay-dagatenforcer of maritime law
- guwardakostaenforcer of maritime law
- tanudpasiganenforcer of maritime law
Turkish sahil güvenlik
- sahil güvenlikenforcer of maritime law
Ukrainian морська́ охоро́на
- морська́ охоро́на (morsʹká oxoróna)enforcer of maritime law
Vietnamese cảnh sát biển, tuần duyên
- cảnh sát biểnenforcer of maritime law
- tuần duyênenforcer of maritime law
Welsh gwyliwr y glannau
- gwyliwr y glannauenforcer of maritime law
Cite this entry
APA
coast guard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coast%20guard
MLA
“coast guard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coast%20guard. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coast guard,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coast%20guard.
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