Iron Curtain

== English == === Etymology === A specialized use of iron curtain (“(figurative) impenetrable barrier”), probably partly a calque of German eiserner Vorhang which was used in speeches in the 1940s that were translated into English. The English term appeared in telegrams from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) to the United States President Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) in 1945, before being popularized in a speech given by Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌaɪən ˈkɜː.tən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌaɪ(ə)ɹn ˈkɜɹ.tən/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tən Hyphenation: Iron Cur‧tain === Proper noun === the Iron Curtain (historical) The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet-controlled regions, especially during the Cold War (1947–1991). [from early 20th c.] ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Iron Curtain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Iron Curtain (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:Iron Curtain on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “iron curtain, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023. “Iron Curtain, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.