Definitions for juntaˈhʊn tə, ˈdʒʌn-, ˈhʌn-; ˈdʒʌn tə; ˈhʊn tə; ˈhun tɑ; ˈhʌn tə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
jun•ta*ˈhʊn tə, ˈdʒʌn-, ˈhʌn-; ˈdʒʌn tə; ˈhʊn tə; ˈhun tɑ; ˈhʌn tə(n.)(pl.)-tas.
a small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
Category: Government
a deliberative or administrative council, esp. in Spain and Latin America.
Category: Government
Category: Government
Ref: junto
* Pron: When the word junta was borrowed into English from Spanish in the early 17th century, its pronunciation was thoroughly Anglicized toThe 20th century has seen the emergence and, esp. in North America, the gradual predominance of the pronunciationderived from Spanishthrough reassociation with the word's Spanish origins. A hybrid formis also heard.
Origin of junta:
1615–25; < Sp: a meeting, n. use of fem. of L junctus, ptp. of jungere to join
Princeton's WordNet
military junta, junta(noun)
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Wiktionary
junta(Noun)
A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
junta(Noun)
The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
Origin: From junta, feminine form of junto, from iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungo. 1623.
Webster Dictionary
Junta(noun)
a council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain
Translations for junta
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
junta(noun)
a group of army officers that has taken over the administration of a country by force.
- junta, soldateregeringAfrikaans
- حُكومَة عَسْكَرِيَّهArabic
- хунтаBulgarian
- juntaPortuguese (BR)
- juntaCzech
- die JuntaGerman
- juntaDanish
- χούνταGreek
- juntaSpanish
- huntaEstonian
- گروه نظامی که با کودتا سر کار آمده اندFarsi
- junttaFinnish
- junteFrench
- כָּת צְבָאִיתHebrew
- सत्ताधारी सेनाHindi
- huntaCroatian
- juntaHungarian
- juntaIndonesian
- herforingjastjórn/-ráð/-klíkaIcelandic
- giunta militareItalian
- 軍事政権Japanese
- (쿠데타 직후 정권을 장악한) 군부Korean
- chuntaLithuanian
- huntaLatvian
- juntaMalay
- juntaDutch
- junta, militærstyreNorwegian
- juntaPolish
- گروه نظامی که با کودتا سر کار آمده اندPersian
- دولتى شورا، انجمن، مجلس، جنټاPashto
- juntaPortuguese
- juntăRomanian
- хунтаRussian
- chuntaSlovak
- huntaSlovenian
- hunta (voj.)Serbian
- juntaSwedish
- รัฐบาลทหารที่เข้ามาบริหารประเทศThai
- cuntaTurkish
- 政變後的軍人政府Chinese (Trad.)
- хунтаUkrainian
- سیاسی یا فوجی ٹولہ جو انقلاب یا سازشی حملے کے بعد حکومت پر قبضہ کر لےUrdu
- nhóm đảo chínhVietnamese
- （武力夺取政权的）军政府Chinese (Simp.)
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