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junta (ho̵ontə, jun-, jo̵on-)

noun

  1. an assembly or council; esp., a Spanish or Latin American legislative or administrative body
  2. a group of political intriguers; esp., such a group, of military men in power after a coup d'état

Etymology: Sp < L juncta, fem. of junctus, pp. of jungere, to join

junta Synonyms

junta

n.

  1. Administrative body

    council, assembly, meeting; see committee, gathering.

  2. Political faction

    cabal, party, insurrectionary force; see faction 1.

junta Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lead: General Robert Gueï was asked to lead the subsequent junta.
  • govern: Mella headed the provisional governing junta of the new Dominican Republic.
  • establish: Supported by elements of the Nicaraguan army, the exiles invaded Honduras in February 1907 and established a provisional junta.
  • head: José Augustin Arango, an attorney for the Panama Railroad Company, headed the junta.
  • form: This time the army joined forces with the RUF and formed a ruling junta.
  • give: The ILO has given the military junta until November 2004 to demonstrate real progress on the issue of forced labor.

Converse of subject

  • rule: And, although the country is very strictly ruled by a military junta, people are allowed to attend church.
  • replace: On August 7, 1978, Melgar Castro and his cabinet were replaced by a three-member junta.
  • control: They ask how we can speak of free elections when the Saigon press is censored and controlled by the military junta.

Adjective modifier

  • Burmese: Special_K wrote: A lot of people on the right like the Burmese junta.
  • Argentine: April 17, 1982 Haig meets again with Argentine junta.
  • military: I think I'd prefer a military junta instead of whatever the average reality TV viewer would most likely choose.
  • Greek: Three days later the Greek junta in Athens fell from power.
  • revolutionary: Their immediate goal was the establishment of a " revolutionary junta.
  • Republican: Why do we call the Republican junta 's chief spokesmoron " Candidate X " ?

Modifies a noun

  • government: It also was hoped that the assembly would incorporate all or most of the reforms decreed by the junta governments into the new document.
  • leader: After the dictatorships fell in 1983, Argentina convicted five junta leaders of murder, torture and other crimes.

Noun used with modifier

  • ruling: The ruling junta allows renovations of the Buddhist temples.

Possessives

  • leader: Arango was considered the brains of the revolution, and Amador was the junta's active leader.

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