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5 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
originBorrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0