English
Proper noun
the Gunpowder Plot
- (British, historical) A failed conspiracy, in November 1605, to kill the Protestant king James I of England and VI of Scotland, and to blow up the House of Lords using gunpowder, annually commemorated on Guy Fawkes Day.
Synonyms
Translations
failed plot to kill the king of England
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 火藥陰謀 / 火药阴谋 (Huǒyào yīnmóu)
- Cornish: Bras Polter-Gonn
- Esperanto: Pulva konspiro
- Estonian: Püssirohuvandenõu
- Finnish: ruutisalaliitto
- French: Conspiration des poudres f
- German: Pulververschwörung f
- Greek: Συνωμοσία της Πυρίτιδας f (Synomosía tis Pyrítidas)
- Hungarian: Lőpor-összeesküvés
- Irish: Comhcheilg an Phúdair f
- Italian: Congiura delle polveri f
- Japanese: 火薬陰謀事件 (かやくいんぼうじけん, Kayaku inbō jiken)
- Korean: 화약음모사건(火藥陰謀事件) (Hwayageummosageon)
- Manx: Cochialg yn Phoodyr m
- Polish: spisek prochowy m
- Portuguese: Conspiração da Pólvora f
- Russian: Порохово́й За́говор m (Poroxovój Zágovor)
- Spanish: Conspiración de la pólvora f
- Ukrainian: Порохова́ змо́ва f (Poroxová zmóva)
- Welsh: Cynllwyn y Powdwr Gwn m
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