red-light district

English

Two brothels in Amsterdam's red-light district.

From red, light and district. Referring to the red lights that were used as signs for brothels.

red-light district (plural red-light districts)

A part of an urban area where prostitution and sex-oriented businesses are concentrated.

area of prostitution

Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅燈區／红灯区 (zh) (hóngdēngqū), 風月區／风月区 (fēngyuèqū), 風化區／风化区 (fēnghuàqū)
Dutch: rosse buurt f, rodelampjesbuurt f, hoerenbuurt (nl) f, tippelzone (nl) m or f
Esperanto: ruĝluma areo
Estonian: punaste laternate kvartal
Finnish: punaisten lyhtyjen alue (fi)
French: quartier chaud m, red light (fr) m, quartier des putes m
German: Rotlichtbezirk (de) m, Straßenstrich (de) m, Rotlichtviertel (de) n
Greek: συνοικία με οίκους ανοχής f (synoikía me oíkous anochís)
Hungarian: vörös lámpás negyed, piros lámpás negyed
Icelandic: vændishúshverfi n
Indonesian: lokalisasi (id) (lit. "localization")
Italian: quartiere a luci rossi m
Japanese: 歓楽街 (ja) (かんらくがい, kanrakugai), 風俗街 (ふうぞくがい, fūzokugai)
Korean: 홍등가(紅燈街) (ko) (hongdeungga)
Macedonian: резил сокак m (rezil sokak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bordellkvarter n
Polish: dzielnica czerwonych latarni (pl) f
Portuguese: zona de meretrício f
Russian: у́лица кра́сных фонаре́й f (úlica krásnyx fonaréj), кварта́л кра́сных фонаре́й m (kvartál krásnyx fonaréj)
Scottish Gaelic: ceàrn dearg m
Spanish: zona roja f
Swedish: bordellkvarter n
Ukrainian: кварта́л черво́них ліхтарі́в m (kvartál červónyx lixtarív)
Vietnamese: phố đèn đỏ (lit. "red light street")
Welsh: ardal golau coch (cy) f

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