Battle cries

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Ukrainian national salute

Catholic motto in Latin: God wills it

phrase of a Ukrainian soldier during the 2022 Battle of Snake Island, which spread as an Internet meme

Spanish military slogan

call to arms triggering the Mexican War of Independence

East Asian phrase used to wish long life

German motto which mean "God [is] with us"

yell or chant taken up in battle

Greek phrase and motto, a classical expression of defiance, according to Plutarch addressed to the Persian King Xerxes by the Spartan King Leonidas before the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)

dialog used to express patriotism in India

Alala (Ancient Greek: (alalá); "battle-cry" or "war-cry") was the personification of the war cry in Greek mythology. Her name derives from the onomatopoeic Greek word (alalḗ), hence the verb (alalázō), "to raise the war-cry". Greek soldiers attacked the enemy with this cry in order to cause panic in their lines and it was asserted that Athenians adopted it to emulate the cry of the owl, the bird of their patron goddess Athena.

Ululation (, ), trilling or lele, is a long, wavering, high-pitched vocal sound resembling a howl with a trilling quality. It is produced by emitting a high pitched loud voice accompanied with a rapid back and forth movement of the tongue and the uvula.

phrase meaning "Hail Lord Rama", often chanted in Hinduism

In Japanese martial arts a is a short shout uttered when performing an assault.

thumb|right|"Huzzah" on a sign at a Fourth of July celebration Huzzah (sometimes written hazzah; originally spelled huzza and pronounced , now often pronounced as ; in most modern varieties of English hurrah or hooray) is, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), "apparently a mere exclamation". The dictionary does not mention any specific derivation. Whatever its origins, it has seen occasional literary use since at least the time of Shakespeare, as the first use was in 1573, according to Merriam-Webster.

Irish phrase

Slogan

unofficial motto of Poland

first revolt against Spanish rule in Puerto Rico

Hindustani phrase and battle cry most commonly used in India

1862 American patriotic song advocating the causes of Unionism and abolitionism

battlecry of the Kingdom of France

War cry and Slogan used by Muktibahini and Bangladeshis

National slogan of Pakistan

thumb|300px|A 1985 painting in Indonesia commemorating the [[Independence of Indonesia bearing the words "Merdeka!"]] thumb|Tunku Abdul Rahman as he proclaimed Malaysian independence on 31 August 1957, chanting "Merdeka!" seven times|300px Merdeka (Jawi: ; , ) is a term in Indonesian and Malay which means "independent" or "free". It is derived from the Sanskrit maharddhika (महर्द्धिक) meaning "rich, prosperous, and powerful". In the Malay Archipelago, this term had acquired the meaning of a freed slave. The term is also used in other Indonesian languages.

instigating event of the Ten Years' War

motto in Spanish of Carlism

Slogan used by armies during last stands

political slogan