guerrilla
English
/ɡəˈɹɪlə/
noun
Definitions
- A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
- (now) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian guerrilla.
Origin
Spanish
guerrilla
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiguerrilla English
- counterguerrilla English
- guerrillalike English
- narcoguerrilla English
- nonguerrilla English
- gerilla Hungarian
- guerriglia Italian
- guerrilla Dutch, Flemish
- guerra Spanish, Castilian
- guerrilla Spanish, Castilian
- guerrillero Spanish, Castilian
- narcoguerrilla Spanish, Castilian
- gerilja Norwegian Bokmål
- ゲリラ Japanese
- gerilja Norwegian Nynorsk
- guerrilla Catalan, Valencian
- gerilya Tagalog