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junta

[ hoon-tuh, juhn, huhn ]

noun

  1. a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
  2. a council.
  3. a deliberative or administrative council, especially in Spain and Latin America.


junta

/ ˈdʒʊntə; ˈhʊntə; ˈdʒʌn- /

noun

  1. a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'état
  2. Also calledjunto a small group of men; cabal, faction, or clique
  3. a legislative or executive council in some parts of Latin America


junta

  1. A group of military leaders who govern a country after a coup d'état .


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Pronunciation Note

When the word junta was borrowed into English from Spanish in the early 17th century, its pronunciation was thoroughly Anglicized to [juhn, -t, uh]. The 20th century has seen the emergence and, especially in North America, the gradual predominance of the pronunciation [hoon, -t, uh], derived from Spanish [hoon, -tah] through reassociation with the word's Spanish origins. A hybrid form [huhn, -t, uh] is also heard.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of junta1

1615–25; < Spanish: a meeting, noun use of feminine of Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join; junction

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Word History and Origins

Origin of junta1

C17: from Spanish: council, from Latin junctus joined, from jungere to join

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Example Sentences

If J-Law suddenly decided to declare solidarity with Thai anti-junta activists?

The students were protesting the May 22 military coup that brought a junta and Gen. Prayut to power.

A junta can do it, using their military power to overtly or covertly control decisions at the highest level.

Markov still calls Ukrainian officials “the junta,” enemies.

The junta reportedly has appointed a six-member advisory board to look after security, the economy, and laws.

One of the provisional junta of government is the greatest slave merchant here.

These papers were received by the junta of Provisional Government, at whose head was the Bishop.

Each of these has as its head an officer called a regedor, and occupies the attention of a junta de parochia, or parish council.

La junta passada de adonde comenron todas las desverguenas que al presente ay en este reyno.

The viceroy of Peru, dismayed by this disaster, asked a truce, which the Junta consented to accord to him.

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