Gordian knot

Etymology
From the name of a legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium. It was prophesied that whoever loosed the knot would become ruler of all Asia. Alexander the Great solved the puzzle by slicing through the knot and took it as a sign of Zeus' favor. He then proceeded to conquer much of the known world.

Noun

 * 1)  The legendary knot tied to a pole near the temple of Zeus in Gordium.
 * 2)  Any intricate and complex problem having a simple solution.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Belarusian: го́рдзіеў ву́зел
 * Bulgarian: го́рдиев въ́зел
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 戈耳狄俄斯之結
 * Czech: gordický uzel
 * Danish: gordisk knude
 * Finnish: Gordionin solmu
 * French:
 * German: Gordischer Knoten
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Gordíans hnúturinn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ゴルディオスの結び目
 * Limburgish: Górdische knoup
 * Macedonian: гордиев јазол
 * Norwegian: gordisk knute
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nó górdio
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Гордијев чвор
 * Roman: Gordijev čvor
 * Slovak: gordický uzol
 * Slovene: gordijski vozel
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Albanian: nyja gordiane
 * Armenian:
 * Czech: gordický uzel
 * Danish: gordisk knude
 * Dutch: gordiaanse knoop
 * Finnish: Gordionin solmu
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Gordíans hnúturinn
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ゴルディオスの結び目
 * Limburgish: Górdische knoup
 * Norwegian: gordisk knute
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: nó górdio
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: gordijski vozel
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: