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ETA

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ETA
abbr.
estimated time of arrival

e·ta  (t, t)
n.
The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

[Greek ta, of Phoenician origin; akin to Hebrew êt, heth.]

ETA estimated time of arrival
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Noun1.ETAETA - a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Espana, Kingdom of Spain, Spain - a parliamentary monarchy in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula; a former colonial power
2.eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
Greek alphabet - the alphabet used by ancient Greeks
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
Translations
ETA n abbr (= estimated time of arrival) → HPA f (heure probable d'arrivée)
ETA n abbr (= estimated time of arrival) → voraussichtliche Ankunftszeit f
ETA n abbr (= estimated time of arrival) → ora di arrivo prevista


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The outlying villages, they say, are by them called {kappa omega mu alpha iota}, by the Athenians {delta eta mu iota}: and they assume that Comedians were so named not from {kappa omega mu 'alpha zeta epsilon iota nu}, 'to revel,' but because they wandered from village to village (kappa alpha tau alpha / kappa omega mu alpha sigma), being excluded contemptuously from the city.
 
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