- a group of military officers holding the power in a country, esp after a coup d'état
- Also called: junto a small group of people; cabal, faction, or clique
- a legislative or executive council in some parts of Latin America
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
jun•ta /ˈhʊntə, ˈdʒʌn-, ˈhʌn-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -tas.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Governmenta small group ruling, or planning to rule, a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legal government has been set up.
jun•ta
(hŏŏn′tə, jun′-, hun′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Governmenta small group ruling a country, esp. immediately after a coup d'état and before a legally constituted government has been instituted.
- Governmenta council.
- Governmenta deliberative or administrative council, esp. in Spain and Latin America.
- Governmentjunto.
- Spanish: a meeting, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join; see junction
- 1615–25;
- When the word junta was borrowed into English from Spanish in the early 17th century, its pronunciation was thoroughly Anglicized to
( jun′tə).USA pronunciation The 20th century has seen the emergence and, especially in North America, the gradual predominance of the pronunciation
(hŏŏn′tə),USA pronunciation derived from Spanish
(ho̅o̅n′tä)USA pronunciation through reassociation with the word's Spanish origins. A hybrid form
(hun′tə)USA pronunciation is also heard.
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junta /ˈdʒʊntə; ˈdʒʌn-; US: ˈhʊntə/ n
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