English
Etymology
Calque of Russian Кра́сная пло́щадь (Krásnaja plóščadʹ), originally literally "beautiful square".
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Red Square
- A large historical square in central Moscow.
2026 January 14, Ben Makuch, “White House post nods to racist, far-right subculture, extremism expert says”, in The Guardian[1], archived from the original on 15 January 2026:The White House posted a cartoon to X on Wednesday of two Greenlandic mush teams with three huskies each, pointing towards the choice of the white pillars and the South Lawn or a tempestuous scene by the Great Wall of China and Red Square in Russia.
Translations
Moscow square
- Afrikaans: Rooiplein
- Albanian: Sheshi i Kuq (definite)
- Altai:
- Southern Altai: Кызыл тепсеҥ (Kïzïl tepseŋ)
- Amharic: ቀይ አደባባይ (ḳäy ʾädäbabay)
- Arabic: الْمَيْدَان الْأَحْمَر m (al-maydān al-ʔaḥmar) (definite)
- Armenian: Կարմիր հրապարակ (Karmir hraparak)
- Azerbaijani: Qırmızı meydan
- Bashkir: Ҡыҙыл майҙан (Qıźıl mayźan)
- Basque: Plaza Gorria
- Belarusian: Чырво́ная пло́шча f (Čyrvónaja plóšča)
- Bengali: রেড স্কয়ার (reḍ skoẏar)
- Breton: Plasenn Ruz m
- Bulgarian: Че́рвен Пло́щад m (Čérven Plóštad)
- Buryat: Улаан талмай (Ulaan talmaj)
- Catalan: Plaça Roja f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 紅場 / 红场 (zh) (Hóngchǎng, Hóngcháng)
- Czech: Rudé náměstí (cs) n
- Danish: Den Røde Plads c (definite)
- Dutch: Rode Plein m
- Esperanto: Ruĝa Placo
- Estonian: Punane väljak
- Finnish: Punainen tori
- French: Place Rouge f
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: Reade Plein
- Galician: Praza Vermella f
- Georgian: წითელი მოედანი (c̣iteli moedani)
- German: Roter Platz (de) m, der Rote Platz m
- Greek: Κόκκινη Πλατεία f (Kókkini Plateía)
- Hebrew: הַכִּכָּר הָאֲדֻמָּה \ הכיכר האדומה f (ha-kikár ha-adumá) (definite)
- Hindi: रेड स्क्वायर (reḍ skvāyar)
- Hungarian: Vörös tér
- Icelandic: Rauða torgið m
- Ido: Ruda Placo
- Indonesian: Lapangan Merah
- Irish: An Chearnóg Dearg f
- Italian: Piazza Rossa f
- Japanese: 赤の広場 (あかのひろば, Aka no hiroba)
- Kalmyk: Улан талвң (Ulan talvñ)
- Kazakh: Қызыл алаң (Qyzyl alañ)
- Khmer: ទីលានក្រហម (tii liən krɑhɑɑm)
- Korean: 붉은 광장 (Bulgeun gwangjang)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Qada Sor, Meydana Sor (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: Кызыл Аянт (Kızıl Ayant)
- Latin: Area Rubra f
- Latvian: Sarkanais laukums m
- Lithuanian: Raudonoji aikštė f
- Macedonian: Црвен плоштад m (Crven ploštad)
- Malay: Dataran Merah
- Malayalam: ചുവപ്പ് ചത്വരം (cuvappŭ catvaraṁ)
- Maltese: Pjazza l-Ħamra f (definite)
- Marathi: लाल चौक m (lāl cauk)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Улаан талбай (Ulaan talbaj)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Den røde plass m (definite)
- Nynorsk: Den raude plassen m (definite)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: مِیْدانِ سُرْخ (meydân-e sorx)
- Polish: Plac Czerwony m
- Portuguese: Praça Vermelha f
- Punjabi: ਲਾਲ ਚੌਕ (lāl cauk)
- Romanian: Piața Roșie f (definite)
- Russian: Кра́сная пло́щадь (ru) f (Krásnaja plóščadʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Црвени трг m
- Latin: Crveni trg m
- Slovak: Červené námestie n
- Slovene: Rdeči trg m
- Spanish: Plaza Roja f
- Swedish: Röda torget n (definite)
- Tajik: Майдони сурх (Maydon-i surx)
- Tamil: செஞ்சதுக்கம் (ceñcatukkam)
- Tatar: Кызыл мәйдан (Qızıl mäydan)
- Thai: จัตุรัสแดง (jàt-dtù-ràt-dɛɛng)
- Turkish: Kızıl Meydan
- Turkmen: Gyzyl meýdan
- Ukrainian: Кра́сна пло́ща f (Krásna plóšča)
- Urdu: سُرْخ چَوک m (surx cauk)
- Uyghur: قىزىل مەيدان (qizil meydan)
- Uzbek: Kizil maydon
- Vietnamese: Quảng trường Đỏ, Hồng Trường
- Welsh: Sgwâr Coch m
- Yakut: Кыһыл болуоссат (Kïhïl boluossat)
- Yiddish: דער רויטע פּלאַץ (der royte plats)
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