junta

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UK/ˈdʒʌntə/UK/ˈdʒʊntə/US/ˈhʊntə/US/ˈhʌntə/

noun

The committee of military officers that have usurped political control.

Similar
military junta
OriginSpanish junta ← Latin iunctus →
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounjunta (plural juntas)

plural juntas

  1. The committee of military officers that have usurped political control.
  2. A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

Similar
military junta
Broader
cliquecoterieingroup

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latiniunctus
  2. Spanishjunta
  3. Englishjunta

Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.

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Translations

Afrikaans militêre junta, junta
  • militêre juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Arabic خُونْتَا, مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ
  • خُونْتَا (ḵūntā)ruling council of a military dictatorship
  • مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ (majlis ʕaskariyy)ruling council of a military dictatorship
  • طُغْمَة عَسْكَرِيَّةruling council of a military dictatorship
Bulgarian ху́нта
  • ху́нта (húnta)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Catalan junta, junta militar
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • junta militarruling council of a military dictatorship
Chinese Mandarin 軍政府 /军政府, 軍事政權 /军事政权
  • 軍政府 /军政府 (jūnzhèngfǔ)ruling council of a military dictatorship
  • 軍事政權 /军事政权 (jūnshì zhèngquán)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Danish junta
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Dutch junta, militaire junta
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • militaire juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Esperanto junto
  • juntoruling council of a military dictatorship
Estonian hunta
  • huntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Finnish sotilasjuntta, juntta
  • sotilasjunttaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • junttaruling council of a military dictatorship
French junte
  • junteruling council of a military dictatorship
German Junta
  • Juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Greek χούντα
  • χούντα (choúnta)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Hebrew חונטה
  • חונטהruling council of a military dictatorship
Indonesian junta, junta militer
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • junta militerruling council of a military dictatorship
Irish giunta
  • giuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Italian giunta
  • giuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Japanese 軍事政権
  • 軍事政権 (gunji seiken)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Korean 군사 정권
  • 군사 정권 (gunsa jeonggwon)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Lithuanian chunta, karinė chunta
  • chuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • karinė chuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Norwegian junta
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Polish junta
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Portuguese junta, junta militar
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • junta militarruling council of a military dictatorship
Romanian juntă
  • juntăruling council of a military dictatorship
Russian ху́нта
  • ху́нта (xúnta)ruling council of a military dictatorship
Scottish Gaelic comhairle-riaghlaidh
  • comhairle-riaghlaidhruling council of a military dictatorship
Slovak chunta, junta
  • chuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Spanish junta, junta militar
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
  • junta militarruling council of a military dictatorship
Swedish junta
  • juntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Turkish cunta
  • cuntaruling council of a military dictatorship
Ukrainian ху́нта
  • ху́нта (xúnta)ruling council of a military dictatorship

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with junta

unto
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Sounds the same

hunter (non-rhotic, with /h/)

Anagrams

jauntjantuTanuj
Cite this entry
APA

junta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junta

MLA

“junta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “junta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/junta.

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