coast guard

See also: coastguard

English

Alternative forms

• coastguard

Etymology

From coast +‎ guard. Compare Old English sǣweard (“coastguard”, literally “sea-guard”).

Noun

coast guard (plural coast guards)

1. The organisation or officer enforcing maritime law and policing the seas within territorial waters.
   • 2018, Bill Wurtz (lyrics and music), “Long Long Long Journey”‎^[1]:

     I went down to the coast guard to see what they're guarding / "See what the sign says, you idiot, we're guarding the coast"

Translations

enforcer of maritime law

• Afrikaans: kuswag
• Basque: kostazaintza
• Bulgarian: брегова охрана f (bregova ohrana)
• Catalan: guardacostes m, guàrdia costanera f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海岸警衛隊／海岸警卫队 (zh) (hǎi'àn jǐngwèiduì), 海岸警備隊／海岸警备队 (hǎi'àn jǐngbèiduì), 海岸巡防隊／海岸巡防队 (hǎi'àn xúnfángduì), 海警 (zh) (hǎijǐng)

• Danish: kystvagt c
• Dutch: kustwacht (nl) m or f
• Estonian: merevalve
• Finnish: merivartiosto (organization); merivartija (officer)
• French: garde-côte (fr) m or f
• Galician: gardacostas (gl) m, garda costeira f
• Georgian: სანაპირო დაცვა (sanaṗiro dacva), სანაპირო დაცვის სამსახური (sanaṗiro dacvis samsaxuri)
• German: Küstenwache (de) f
• Greek: ακτοφύλακας (el) m (aktofýlakas)
• Haitian Creole: gadkòt
• Hindi: तटरक्षक m (taṭrakṣak)
• Hungarian: parti őrség (hu)
• Ingrian: rannanvahti
• Irish: feighlí mara m, garda cósta m, vaidhtéir m
• Italian: guardia costiera f
• Japanese: 沿岸警備隊 (ja) (えんがんけいびたい, engan keibitai)
• Javanese: jaga pasisir
• Korean: 해안경비대(海岸警備隊) (haean'gyeongbidae)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Norman: garde-côte m or f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kystvakt m or f

  Nynorsk: kystvakt f

• Occitan: gardacòsta m or f
• Polish: straż przybrzeżna (pl) f
• Portuguese: guarda costeira
• Russian: берегова́я охра́на f (beregovája oxrána)
• Scottish Gaelic: maor-cladaich m
• Spanish: guardacostas (es) m, guardia costera f
• Swedish: kustbevakning (sv) c
• Tagalog: bantay-dagat, guwardakosta, tanudpasigan
• Turkish: sahil güvenlik
• Ukrainian: морська́ охоро́на f (morsʹká oxoróna)
• Vietnamese: cảnh sát biển, tuần duyên
• Welsh: gwyliwr y glannau (cy) m