Definitions for juntas

juntas jun·ta

Spelling: [hoo n-tuh, juhn‐,
IPA: /ˈhʊn tə, ˈdʒʌn‐, ˈhʌn‐/

Juntas is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 87 anagrams from letters in juntas (ajnstu).

Definitions for juntas

noun

  1. a small group ruling a country, especially immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
  2. a council.
  3. a deliberative or administrative council, especially in Spain and Latin America.
  4. junto.

Origin of juntas

1615-25; Spanish: a meeting, noun use of feminine of Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join; see junction

Examples for juntas

A junta can do it, using their military power to overtly or covertly control decisions at the highest level.

The students were protesting the May 22 military coup that brought a junta and Gen. Prayut to power.

One example is that the Russian media refers to the Ukrainian interim government as a “junta.”

Markov still calls Ukrainian officials “the junta,” enemies.

My mission to the junta was speedily and successfully accomplished.

The very fellow who tried to force his way into the quarters of the junta!

The junta reportedly has appointed a six-member advisory board to look after security, the economy, and laws.

The first thing to do is to find him—before the detectives of the junta do so.

Indeed, some of the junta who do not frequent the house of the senora have remarked it.

"The junta will have no cause to find their confidence misplaced," replied Liniers.

Word Value for juntas
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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