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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024jun•ta /ˈhʊntə, ˈdʒʌn-, ˈhʌn-/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -tas. - Governmenta small group ruling, or planning to rule, a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legal government has been set up.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024jun•ta (hŏŏn′tə, jun′-, hun′-),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
- Governmenta council.
- Governmenta deliberative or administrative council, esp. in Spain and Latin America.
- Governmentjunto.
- Spanish: a meeting, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join; see junction
- 1615–25;
When the word junta was borrowed into English from Spanish in the early 17th century, its pronunciation was thoroughly Anglicized to ( jun′tə).USA pronunciation The 20th century has seen the emergence and, especially in North America, the gradual predominance of the pronunciation (hŏŏn′tə),USA pronunciation derived from Spanish (ho̅o̅n′tä)USA pronunciation through reassociation with the word's Spanish origins. A hybrid form (hun′tə)USA pronunciation is also heard. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: junta /ˈdʒʊntə ˈdʒʌn-; US: ˈhʊntə/ n - a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'état
Also called: junto a small group of men; cabal, faction, or clique- a legislative or executive council in some parts of Latin America
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish: council, from Latin junctus joined, from jungere to join |