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junta [ˈdʒʊntə ˈdʒʌn- (chiefly US) ˈhʊntə] n 1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'état 2. Also called junto a small group of men; cabal, faction, or clique 3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a legislative or executive council in some parts of Latin America [from Spanish: council, from Latin junctus joined, from jungere to join] Junta, Junto a group of men united together for some secret intrigue. See also cabal, conspiracy. Examples: junto of divines, 1641; of gods, 1659; of wise men; of ministers, [political]; of shrubs, 1671; of wits.
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junta Translations junta n → Junta f n junta [ˈdʒantə] a group of army officers that has taken over the administration of a country by force. junta, soldateregering حُكومَة عَسْكَرِيَّه хунта junta junta die Junta χούντα junta hunta گروه نظامی که با کودتا سر کار آمده اند juntta junte כָּת צְבָאִית सत्ताधारी सेना hunta junta junta herforingjastjórn/-ráð/-klíka giunta militare 軍事政権 (쿠데타 직후 정권을 장악한) 군부 chunta hunta junta junta junta, militærstyre junta junta juntă хунта chunta hunta hunta (voj.) junta รัฐบาลทหารที่เข้ามาบริหารประเทศ cunta 政變後的軍人政府軍人執政集團 хунта سیاسی یا فوجی ٹولہ جو انقلاب یا سازشی حملے کے بعد حکومت پر قبضہ کر لے nhóm đảo chính 军人执政集团 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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NOBODY knew his history-- they of the Junta least of all. Three bold and experienced men - cool, confident, and dry when they began; white, quivering, and wet when they finished their trick at those terrible wheels - swung her over the great lift from Albuquerque to Glorietta and beyond Springer, up and up to the Raton Tunnel on the State line, whence they dropped rocking into La Junta, had sight of the Arkansaw, and tore down the long slope to Dodge City, where Cheyne took comfort once again from setting his watch an hour ahead. |
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