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