junta

ˈdʒʌntə

Definition

Definition of junta - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

politicsruling council of a military dictatorship

The junta imposed strict rules on the citizens.

military junta

governing group

Rare

group of people making decisions for a country or organization

Rare

The junta took control after the election.

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military junta

group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power

The military junta imposed strict laws on the citizens.

Origin of junta

Spanish, junta (meeting)

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JRG

acr.

acr: Revolutionary Governing Junta

temporary government formed after a revolution

Examples of junta in a sentence

Protests erupted against the ruling junta.
A military junta dissolved the parliament overnight.
Local activists protested the junta's censorship policies.

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French:junte, groupe dirigeant, ...
German:Junta, Regierungsjunta, ...
Italian:giunta, giunta militare, ...
Spanish:junta, consejo, ...
Portuguese:junta, junta governativa, ...
Chinese:军政府, 政变集团, ...
Japanese:軍事政権, 統治団体, ...
Arabic:مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ, مَجْمُوعَة حَاكِمَة, ...
Hebrew:חוּנְטָה, קְבוּצַת שִׁלְטוֹן, ...
Russian:хунта, ...
Ukrainian:хунта, військова хунта, ...
Hindi:जुंटा, जुन्टा, ...
Bengali:সামরিক শাসকগোষ্ঠী, জুন্তা, ...
Catalan:junta, consell directiu, ...
Czech:junta, vládnoucí klika, ...
Danish:junta, ...
Dutch:junta, militaire junta, ...
Greek:χούντα, διοικούσα ομάδα, ...
Hungarian:junta, vezető csoport, ...
Khmer:របបយោធា, ក្រុមយោធាដឹកនាំ, ...
Korean:군사 정권, 통치 집단, ...
Persian:خونتا, دولت نظامی, ...
Polish:junta, junta wojskowa, ...
Portuguese (BR):junta, junta governante, ...
Romanian:juntă, junta, ...
Swedish:junta, militärjunta, ...
Thai:คณะรัฐประหาร, กลุ่มผู้ปกครอง, ...
Turkish:cunta, yönetim kurulu, ...
Vietnamese:hội đồng quân sự, nhóm cầm quyền, ...

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