proxy war

English

Alternative forms

war by proxy

Noun

proxy war (plural proxy wars)

A war where two powers use third parties as a supplement to, or a substitute for fighting each other directly.

Translations

war where two powers use third parties

Chinese:
Mandarin: 代理戰爭, 代理战争 (dàilǐ zhànzhēng)
Dutch: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: varisõda
Finnish: sijaissota
French: guerre par procuration (fr) f
German: Stellvertreterkrieg (de) m
Icelandic: staðgöngustríð n

Japanese: 代理戦争 (だいりせんそう, dairi sensō)
Korean: 대리 전쟁 (daeri jeonjaeng)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: stedfortrederkrig (no) m, stedfortrederkonflikt (no) m (where outright war is not the case)
Persian: جنگ نیابتی‎ (ǰang-e-niyābatī), جنگ وکالتی‎ (ǰang-e-vekālatī)
Russian: опосре́дованная война́ f (oposrédovannaja vojná)
Thai: สงครามตัวแทน (sǒng-kraam-dtuua-tɛɛn)
Ukrainian: посере́дницька війна́ f (poserédnycʹka vijná)

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