Meanings
nounwar zone (plural war zones)
plural war zones · alternative warzone · alternative war-zone
- A region where war is ongoing.
He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War [...].
2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Chester (1848)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 57 - broadlyfigurativelyAny area with a significant display of damage or disarray.
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Translations
Arabic مِنْطَقَةُ حَرْب, مَنْطِقَةُ حَرْب
- مِنْطَقَةُ حَرْب (minṭaqatu ḥarb)region of ongoing war
- مَنْطِقَةُ حَرْب (manṭiqatu ḥarb)region of ongoing war
Bulgarian зо́на на вое́нни де́йствия
- зо́на на вое́нни де́йствия (zóna na voénni déjstvija)region of ongoing war
Chinese Cantonese 戰區 /战区
- 戰區 /战区 (zin³ keoi¹)region of ongoing war
Chinese Mandarin 戰區 /战区
- 戰區 /战区 (zhànqū)region of ongoing war
Czech válečná zóna
- válečná zónaregion of ongoing war
Danish krigszone, kampzone
- krigszoneregion of ongoing war
- kampzoneregion of ongoing war
Dutch oorlogsgebied
- oorlogsgebiedregion of ongoing war
Estonian sõjatsoon, sõjapiirkond
- sõjatsoonregion of ongoing war
- sõjapiirkondregion of ongoing war
Finnish sotatoimialue
- sotatoimialueregion of ongoing war
French théâtre d'opération, zone de guerre
- théâtre d'opérationregion of ongoing war
- zone de guerreregion of ongoing war
German Kriegsgebiet
- Kriegsgebietregion of ongoing war
Hindi युद्ध क्षेत्र
- युद्ध क्षेत्र (yuddh kṣetra)region of ongoing war
Hungarian háborús zóna
- háborús zónaregion of ongoing war
Italian zona di guerra
- zona di guerraregion of ongoing war
Japanese 交戦地帯, 戦域
- 交戦地帯 (kōsen chitai)region of ongoing war
- 戦域 (sen'iki)region of ongoing war
Korean 교전 지역
- 교전 지역 (gyojeon jiyeok)region of ongoing war
Latvian karadarbības zona, kara zona
- karadarbības zonaregion of ongoing war
- kara zonaregion of ongoing war
Lithuanian karo zona
- karo zonaregion of ongoing war
Māori kauhanga riri
- kauhanga ririregion of ongoing war
Norwegian Bokmål krigssone
- krigssoneregion of ongoing war
Polish strefa wojny, strefa wojenna
- strefa wojnyregion of ongoing war
- strefa wojennaregion of ongoing war
Portuguese zona de guerra
- zona de guerraregion of ongoing war
Romanian zonă de război
- zonă de războiregion of ongoing war
Russian зо́на вое́нных де́йствий, зо́на боевы́х де́йствий
- зо́на вое́нных де́йствий (zóna vojénnyx déjstvij)region of ongoing war
- зо́на боевы́х де́йствий (zóna bojevýx déjstvij)region of ongoing war
Slovak vojnová zóna
- vojnová zónaregion of ongoing war
Spanish zona de guerra, zona bélica
- zona de guerraregion of ongoing war
- zona bélicaregion of ongoing war
- zona guerreraregion of ongoing war
- zona belicosaregion of ongoing war
- zona pugnazregion of ongoing war
Swedish krigszon
- krigszonregion of ongoing war
Thai เขตสงคราม
- เขตสงครามregion of ongoing war
Turkish savaş bölgesi
- savaş bölgesiregion of ongoing war
Ukrainian зо́на військови́х дій, зо́на бойови́х дій
- зо́на військови́х дій (zóna vijsʹkovýx dij)region of ongoing war
- зо́на бойови́х дій (zóna bojovýx dij)region of ongoing war
Urdu عِلَاقَۂ جَن٘گ
- عِلَاقَۂ جَن٘گ ('ilāqa-yi jaṅg)region of ongoing war
Vietnamese vùng chiến sự, chiến trường
- vùng chiến sựregion of ongoing war
- chiến trườngregion of ongoing war
Cite this entry
APA
war zone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20zone
MLA
“war zone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20zone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “war zone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/war%20zone.
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