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How to pronounce junta in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms military junta
Type of camp, clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack

Examples of junta

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A fiscal legacy of the colonels'1967-74 junta was tax evasion by the well to do.
From the forbes.com
The year following the campus raid, the junta was ousted and democracy returned.
From the washingtontimes.com
Tightly controlled state media paints a one-sided picture of a beneficent junta.
From the fresnobee.com
The Bush administration favors a harsh sanctions policy against Myanmar's junta.
From the sacbee.com
Yet by then the junta in Myanmar had already given the ICRC its marching orders.
From the economist.com
In theory Than Shwe, junta leader, could pass the torch to Than Shwe, president.
From the economist.com
Three others, including the chairman, served in the junta-appointed legislature.
From the bloomberg.com
One of the accused was once a spokesman for a particularly nasty military junta.
From the economist.com
This sort of thing might have worked when Argentina was run by a military junta.
From the people.co.uk
More examples
  • Military junta: a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
  • Junta is Phish's first studio venture, recorded and released in 1988 but not officially hitting stores until May 8, 1989. The album was later released on October 26, 1992 by Elektra Records. It contains symphonic-like epics, large-scale improvisation, and multi-part progressive rock suites. ...
  • Junta is a fictional antihero in Marvel Comics' shared universe, the Marvel Universe. The character was created by Christopher Priest and Dan Fraga in Black Panther vol.3, #9.
  • Junta is a board game designed by Vincent Tsao originally published by Creative Wargames Workshop in 1978, and later published by West End Games. ...
  • Under Habsburg rule, a junta (or jointe) was an administrative body ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs. Juntas existed in Iberia and other European countries; in the Low Countries, the French name jointe was also officially used. ...
  • In the Napoleonic era, junta was the name chosen by several local administrations formed in Spain during the Peninsular War as a patriotic alternative to the official administration toppled by the French invaders. ...
  • (Juntas) A military dictatorship is a form of government where in the political power resides with the military. It is similar but not identical to a stratocracy, a state ruled directly by the military. ...
  • A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain; The ruling council of a military dictatorship
  • All the people who are involved in some form of political intrique