humanitarian corridor

English

WOTD – 16 May 2022

Etymology

From humanitarian (“concerned with people’s welfare, and the alleviation of suffering”) +‎ corridor (“restricted tract of land that allows passage between two places”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hjʊˌmæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən ˈkɒ.ɹɪ.dɔː/, [-ɛə.ɹi.ən-], /-də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən ˈkɔ.ɹəˌdɔɹ/, /ˌhjuː.mæ.nɪˈtɛː.ɹɪ.ən-/, /-ˈkɔ.ɹə.dɚ/
• Hyphenation: hu‧man‧it‧a‧ri‧an cor‧ri‧dor

Noun

humanitarian corridor (plural humanitarian corridors)

1. A type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid into, and/or refugees out of, a crisis-hit region.

Translations

type of temporary demilitarized zone intended to allow the safe transit of humanitarian aid into, and/or refugees out of, a crisis-hit region

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: مَمَرّ إِنْسَانِيّ m (mamarr ʔinsāniyy)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: гуманіта́рны калідо́р m (humanitárny kalidór)
• Bulgarian: хуманита́рен коридо́р m (humanitáren koridór)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 人道走廊 (réndào zǒuláng)

• Crimean Tatar: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: humanitární koridor m
• Dutch: humanitaire corridor m
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: humanitaarkoridor
• Finnish: humanitaarinen käytävä
• French: corridor humanitaire (fr) m, couloir humanitaire (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: humanitärer Korridor m
• Hungarian: humanitárius folyosó
• Italian: corridoio umanitario m
• Japanese: 人道回廊 (じんどうかいろう, jindōkairō)
• Korean: 인도주의적 회랑(人道主義的回廊) (indojuuijeok hoerang)
• Polish: korytarz humanitarny m
• Portuguese: corredor humanitário m
• Romanian: coridor umanitar n
• Russian: гуманита́рный коридо́р (ru) m (gumanitárnyj koridór)
• Slovak: humanitárny koridor m
• Slovene: humanitarni koridor m
• Spanish: corredor humanitario m
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: гуманіта́рний коридо́р m (humanitárnyj korydór)
• Vietnamese: hành lang nhân đạo

Further reading

• humanitarian corridor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia