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junta

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"Military ruling group"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈdʒʌntə/Part of speech nounSorted ajntuStarts with JEnds with A1 cluesCommon crossword word
1J2U3N4T5A

Definitions

  1. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

Word origin

Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.

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