Crusade

crusade English +s thumb|Crusaders Etymology Capitalised by Mills, The History of the Crusades (1820) when referring to a specific campaign ("The third and fourth Crusades" p. 95) but not when referring to the general concept ("the clergy successfully preached the crusade through all the German state" p. 87). More at en crusade. Pronunciation en /kɹuːˈseɪd/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Crusade.wav Southern England en /kɹuˈseɪd/ GA,CA en En-us-crusade.ogg Midwest US en /kɹʉːˈsæɪd/ AU,NZ en eɪd 2 Noun en Q12546en countable Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims and Jews who inhabited it. Derived terms en crusader Translations campaigns by Christian forces to the Holy Land Arabic: ar حَمْلَة صَلِيبِيَّة f ḥamla ṣalībiyya Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ m qrāḇā d-ṣlīḇāyē Armenian: hy խաչակրաց արշավանք Middle Armenian: axm բասաճ Catalan: ca creuada f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 十字軍東征 Shízìjūn Dōngzhēng Czech: cs křižová výprava f, cs kruciáta f Danish: da korstog n Dutch: nl kruistocht m Esperanto: eo kampanjo Estonian: et ristisõda Finnish: fi ristiretki French: fr croisade f Georgian: ka ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა German: de Kreuzzug m Greek: el σταυροφορία f Hebrew: he מסע צלב masá tzlav m Hindi: hi क्रूसयुद्ध m Hungarian: hu kereszteshadjárat Indonesian: id Perang Salib Italian: it crociata f Japanese: ja 十字軍 じゅうじぐん, jūjigun Kazakh: kk крест жорықтары Korean: ko 십자군 전쟁(十字軍戰爭), ko 십자군(十字軍) Ladino: lad kruzada f Lao: lo ສົງຄາມຄູເສດ, lo ຄູເສດ Latin: la Cruciata f modern, la expeditio sacra m contemporary usage Malay: ms Perang Salib Norwegian: no korstog Persian: fa جنگ‌های صلیبی jang-hâye salibi Polish: pl krucjata f Portuguese: pt cruzada f Romanian: ro cruciadă f Russian: ru кресто́вый похо́д m Scottish Gaelic: gd Cogadh na Croise m Serbo-Croatian: sh крсташки поход m, sh крсташки рат m, sh križarski pohod, sh križarski rat, sh krstaški pohod, sh krstaški rat Slovak: sk križiak m Spanish: es cruzada f Swedish: sv korståg n Tagalog: tl Krusada Thai: th สงครามครูเสด, th ครูเสด Turkish: tr haçlılar, tr Haçlı Seferi, tr haçlı saldırısı Ukrainian: uk хресто́вий похі́д m Vietnamese: vi Thập tự chinh Yiddish: yi קרייצצוג m kreitstsug See also en Christian soldier en holy war en janissary en Knights Templar en Teutonic Knights Further reading AskOxford.com en History of Europe History of Asia