junta

noun

jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə How to pronounce junta (audio) ˈjən- How to pronounce junta (audio)
ˈhən-
1
: a council or committee for political or governmental purposes
especially : a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
a military junta
2
: junto

Examples of junta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Directed by Kim Sung-su and with a Korean gross exceeding $90 million, the action drama is based on true events in December 1979, which resulted in an eight-year military junta in South Korea. Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 Feb. 2024 Last Saturday, Myanmar’s junta declared a law governing mandatory military service would be enforced for men ages 18 to 35 and women ages 18 to 27 for up to two years. Reuters, NBC News, 14 Feb. 2024 West Africa is deeply divided, with three countries led by military juntas — Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso — last month announcing their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, which had sharply condemned the coups in those nations. Rachel Chason, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024 Since the military junta took power, people’s digital and physical rights have been eroded, Maung says. WIRED, 17 Oct. 2023 Phee's visit to Niger came just after Russia's deputy defense minister, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, signed new security agreements with the junta. Rachel Chason and Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 26 Feb. 2024 Phee’s visit to Niger came just after Russia’s deputy defense minister, Yunus-bek Yevkurov, signed new security agreements with the junta. Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2024 Manuel Araya, the poet’s driver, has claimed that Neruda received a deadly injection from agents of Pinochet’s junta who infiltrated the Santa Maria Clinic where he was being treated. Reuters, NBC News, 20 Feb. 2024 There had been a coup in September 2021, and a military junta promising reforms had instead ramped up political persecution of opposition groups. Olivia Bensimon Todd Heisler, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from feminine of junto joined, from Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join — more at yoke

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of junta was in 1622

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Cite this Entry

“Junta.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/junta. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

junta

noun
jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə How to pronounce junta (audio) ˈjənt-ə How to pronounce junta (audio)
ˈhən-tə
1
: a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolution
2
: junto
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