red-light district

red-light district

English

Two brothels in Amsterdam's red-light district

Alternative forms

• red light district

Etymology

Referring to the red lights that were used as signs for brothels.

Noun

red-light district (plural red-light districts)

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

Descendants

• Canadian French: red light m
• → German: Rotlichtviertel (calque)
• → Chinese: 紅燈區 (calque)

Translations

area of prostitution

Chinese: Mandarin: 紅燈區 (zh), 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 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 Welsh: ardal golau coch (cy) f Vietnamese: phố đèn đỏ (lit. "red light street")