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Definition of junta noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

junta

noun
 
/ˈdʒʌntə/
 
/ˈhʊntə/
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  1. a military government that has taken power by force
    • The civilian junta appointed a prime minister.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • ruling
    • military
    • revolutionary
    • …
    verb + junta
    • form
    • dissolve
    • oust
    • …
    junta + noun
    • leader
    • member
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    Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally referring to a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal): from Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin juncta, feminine past participle of jungere ‘to join’.
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