Gunpowder Plot

English

Proper noun

the Gunpowder Plot

(Britain) A failed plot, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.

Synonyms

Gunpowder Treason

Translations

failed plot to kill the king of England

Chinese:
Mandarin: 火药阴谋, 火藥陰謀 (Huǒyào yīnmóu)
Esperanto: Pulva konspiro
Estonian: Püssirohuvandenõu
Finnish: ruutisalaliitto
French: Conspiration des poudres f
German: Pulververschwörung f
Greek: Συνωμοσία της Πυρίτιδας f (Synomosía tis Pyrítidas)
Hungarian: Lőpor-összeesküvés

Irish: Comhcheilg an Phúdair f
Italian: Congiura delle polveri f
Japanese: 火薬陰謀事件 (かやくいんぼうじけん, Kayaku inbō jiken)
Korean: 화약음모사건 (Hwayageummosageon), 火藥陰謀事件
Manx: Cochialg yn Phoodyr m
Portuguese: Conspiração da Pólvora f
Russian: Пороховой Заговор m (Poroxovoj Zagovor)
Spanish: Conspiración de la pólvora f
Welsh: Cynllwyn y Powdwr Gwn m

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