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Green Zone
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English
Etymology
Coined by the United States military.
Pronunciation
en əʊn 2
Proper noun
Green Zone
en district city/Baghdad c/Iraq: A fortified high-security district of Baghdad established by the United States occupation force in the wake of the U.S.-Iraq War invasion of 2003, which contains major international hotels, international organizations and forces headquarters, Iraqi national ministries and government offices, and VIP residences.
Synonyms
Baghdad en International Zone
Coordinate terms
Baghdad en Red Zone dated, slang Baghdad outside of the Green Zone
Translations
District of Baghdad
Arabic: ar الْمِنْطَقَة الْخَضْرَاء al-minṭaqa l-ḵaḍrāʔ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 綠區
French: fr zone verte f
German: de Grüne Zone f
Persian: fa منطقه سبز mantaqe-ye sabz
Russian: ru зелёная зона f
Turkish: tr Yeşil Bölge
See also
en Green Zone
en Red Zone (Iraq)