Twin Towers

English

The original complex

Proper noun

the Twin Towers pl (plural only)

1. The two main buildings of the World Trade Center, destroyed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11, 2001.
2. (metonymically) The attack itself.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Translations

the two main buildings of the World Trade Center

• Afrikaans: Wêreldhandelsentrum
• Amharic: ዓለም ንግድ ሕንጻ (ʿaläm nəgd ḥənṣa)
• Arabic: مَرْكَز اَلتِّجَارَة اَلْعَالَمِيّ m (markaz at-tijāra l-ʕālamiyy)
• Basque: Dorre Bikiak
• Bengali: ওয়ার্ল্ড ট্রেড সেন্টার (ōẇarlḍo ṭreḍ śenṭar)
• Bulgarian: Световен търговски център m (Svetoven tǎrgovski centǎr)
• Catalan: Torres Bessones f pl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙子塔 / 双子塔 (Shuāngzǐtǎ)

• Esperanto: Ĝemelturoj
• Estonian: Maailma Kaubanduskeskus
• Finnish: Kaksoistornit
• French: tours jumelles f pl
• Georgian: მსოფლიო სავაჭრო ცენტრი (msoplio savač̣ro cenṭri)
• German: Zwillingstürme m pl
• Greek: Παγκόσμιο Κέντρο Εμπορίου (Pagkósmio Kéntro Emporíou)
• Hebrew: מרכז הסחר העולמי m
• Hungarian: Világkereskedelmi Központ
• Italian: Torri Gemelle f pl
• Japanese: ワールドトレードセンター (wārudo torēdo sentā)
• Korean: 세계 무역 센터 (segye muyeok senteo)
• Malayalam: ലോക വ്യാപാര കേന്ദ്രം (lōka vyāpāra kēndraṁ)
• Nahuatl: Ōme Huēyicnīuhcalli
• Navajo: Naʼiiniʼ bá Hooghantsoh
• Norwegian: Verdens Handelssenter i New York
• Persian: مرکز تجارت جهانی
• Polish: bliźniacze wieże f pl
• Portuguese: Torres Gémeas f pl (Portugal), Torres Gêmeas f pl (Brazil)
• Quechua: Awacha turrikuna
• Russian: Всеми́рный торго́вый це́нтр m (Vsemírnyj torgóvyj céntr), ба́шни-близнецы́ (ru) f pl (bášni-bliznecý)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Светски трговински центар m

  Latin: Svjetski trgovački centar m

• Slovak: Svetové obchodné centrum
• Spanish: Torres Gemelas f pl
• Swedish: Tvillingtornen n pl
• Tamil: உலக வர்த்தக மையம் (ta) (ulaka varttaka maiyam)
• Thai: เวิลด์เทรดเซ็นเตอร์ (wern tâyrót sendter)
• Turkish: Dünya Ticaret Merkezi
• Ukrainian: Всесвітній торговий центр m (Vsesvitnij torhovyj centr)
• Urdu: ورلڈ ٹریڈ سینٹر
• Vietnamese: Toà tháp đôi
• Welsh: Canolfan Masnach y Byd

Further reading

• World Trade Center (1973–2001) § North and South Towers on Wikipedia.Wikipedia