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English
The Red Cross emblem.
Proper noun
Red Cross
An international humanitarian organization that cares for the wounded , sick , and homeless .
The symbol of this organization.
An unincorporated community in Kentucky .
A town in North Carolina .
Translations
Red Cross
Afrikaans: Rooi Kruis
Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq
Amharic: ቀይ መስቀል ( ḳäy mäsḳäl )
Arabic: اَلصَّلِيب اَلْأَحْمَر m ( aṣ-ṣalīb al-ʔaḥmar )
Armenian: Կարմիր խաչ ( Karmir xačʻ )
Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Xaç
Bashkir: Ҡыҙыл Тәре ( Qıźıl Təre )
Basque: Gurutze Gorria
Belarusian: Чырвоны Крыж m ( Čyrvóny Kryž )
Breton: Kroaz-Ruz
Bulgarian: Червен кръст ( Červen krǎst )
Burmese: ကြက်ခြေနီ ( krakhkreni ) , ကြက်ခြေနီအသင်း (my) ( krakhkrenia.sang: )
Catalan: Creu Roja f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅十字 / 红十字 (zh) ( Hóngshízì ) , 紅十字會 / 红十字会 (zh) ( Hóngshízìhuì )
Chuvash: Хĕрлĕ Хĕрес ( Hĕrlĕ Hĕres )
Crimean Tatar: Qızıl Haç
Czech: Červený kříž m
Danish: Røde Kors n
Dutch: Rode Kruis (nl) n
Esperanto: Ruĝa Kruco
Estonian: Punane Rist
Faroese: Reyði Krossur m
Finnish: Punainen Risti
French: Croix-Rouge (fr) f
Galician: Cruz Vermella (gl) f
Georgian: წითელი ჯვარი ( c̣iteli ǯvari )
German: Rotes Kreuz (de) n
Greek: Ερυθρός Σταυρός (el) m ( Erythrós Stavrós )
Hebrew: הצלב האדום m ( hatsláv haadóm )
Hindi: रेड क्रॉस ( reḍ krŏs )
Hungarian: Vöröskereszt (hu)
Icelandic: Rauði krossinn m
Ido: Reda Kruco (io)
Indonesian: Palang Merah
Irish: Cros Dhearg f , Cumann na Croise Deirge m
Italian: Croce Rossa (it) f
Japanese: 赤十字 (ja) ( せきじゅうじ, sekijūji ) , 赤十字社 (ja) ( せきじゅうじしゃ, sekijūji-sha )
Kalmyk: Улан Заһлма ( Ulan Zağlma )
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Karakalpak: Qızıl Krest
Kazakh: Қызыл Крест ( Qyzyl Krest )
Khmer: ក្រុមកាកបាទក្រហម ( krom kaak-baat krɑhɑɑm )
Korean: 적십자(赤十字) (ko) ( jeoksipja ) , 적십자사(赤十字社) (ko) ( jeoksipjasa ) , 적십자회(赤十字會) ( jeoksipjahoe )
Kumyk: Къызыл Хач ( Qızıl Xaç )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Xaça Sor (ku) f
Latvian: Sarkanais Krusts m
Lithuanian: Raudonojo Kryžiaus m
Luxembourgish: Rout Kräiz
Macedonian: Црвен крст m ( Crven krst )
Malay: Palang Merah
Maltese: Is-Salib l-Aħmar m
Maori: Rīpeka Whero
Mongolian: Улаан Загалмай ( Ulaan Zagalmaj )
Navajo: łichííʼ ałnáʼásdzoh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Røde Kors n
Nynorsk: Raudekrossen m
Persian: صلیب سرخ ( salib-e sorx )
Polish: Czerwony Krzyż (pl) m
Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha f
Romanian: Crucea Roșie
Romansch: Crusch Cotschna
Russian: Кра́сный Крест m ( Krásnyj Krest )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Црвени криж m , Црвени крст m
Roman: Crveni križ m , Crveni krst m
Slovak: Červený kríž m
Slovene: Rdeči križ (sl) m
Spanish: Cruz Roja (es) f
Swedish: Röda Korset n
Tagalog: Krus na Pula
Tatar: Кызыл Хач ( Qızıl Xaç )
Telugu: రెడ్క్రాస్ (te) ( reḍkrās )
Thai: กาชาด (th) ( gaa-châat )
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tok Pisin: Ret Kros
Turkish: Kızıl Haç
Turkmen: Gyzyl Haç
Ukrainian: Червоний Хрест m ( Červonyj Xrest )
Vietnamese: Chữ thập đỏ
Volapük: ( vehicle ) redakrod , ( flag ) redakrodastän
Welsh: Y Groes Goch
Yakut: Кыһыл Кириэс ( Kıhıl Kiries )
Zulu: please add this translation if you can
See also
Further reading
Red Cross on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“Red Cross ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
“Red Cross ”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster , 1996–present.
“Red Cross ”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language , 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , 2016 , →ISBN .
“Red Cross ”, in Collins English Dictionary .
“the Red Cross ” (US) / “the Red Cross ” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary .