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Learn to pronounce jun·ta

/ˈho͝ontə/
noun
  1. a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
    "the country's ruling military junta"
    synonyms: faction, group, cabal, clique, party, set, ring, gang, league, confederacy, junto, camarilla
  2. a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal.

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JUNTA meaning: 1. a government, especially a military one, that has taken power in a country by force and not by…. Learn more.
noun · a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'état · Also calledjunto a small group of men; cabal, faction, or clique.
When a government is overthrown, the coalition or group that forms and takes control is called a junta. If the military has seized control, as so often happens, ...
The ruling council of a military dictatorship. · A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
The term junta means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the national and local junta organized by the Spanish resistance to Napoleon's invasion of Spain ...
: a military group controlling a government after taking control of it by force. a military junta.
A group of political intriguers; esp., such a group, of military men in power after a coup d'état.
A junta is a military government that has taken power by force, and not through elections.
jun•ta ... n., pl. -tas. 1. a small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.