air raid siren

English

air raid siren (plural air raid sirens)

A siren that makes a very loud alarm sound to warn the population of an upcoming air raid.
- 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎:
  It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: luftværnssirene c (World War II), luftalarm c (World War II), varslingssirene c (current, civil defence)
Dutch: luchtalarm (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: õhusireen
Finnish: ilmahälytyssireeni, väestöhälytin
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Luftschutzsirene (de) f
Hungarian: légvédelmi sziréna
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: syrena przeciwlotnicza f
Romanian: sirenă de raid aerian f
Russian: сире́на гражда́нской оборо́ны f (siréna graždánskoj oboróny)
Slovak: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: flyglarm n
Turkish: hava saldırısı sireni
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

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