junta

noun

jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə  ˈjən- 

ˈhən-

1

: a council or committee for political or governmental purposes

especially : a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power

a military junta

2

: junto

Examples of junta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

China is one of a small number of countries to have endorsed Myanmar's recent election conducted by the military junta that carried out the 2021 coup, a vote that most Western countries and human rights groups have dismissed as a sham. —Wai Moe, NPR, 12 June 2026

Since seizing power, the juntas have cut ties with France and other Western powers, created their own security alliance and turned to Russia for military support to fight extremist insurgencies. —ABC News, 10 June 2026

The second World Cup, in 1934, was held in Benito Mussolini’s Italy and served his blustery model of fascism; 1978’s edition took place in Argentina, in the middle of its military junta and the disappearance of tens of thousands of dissidents. —Chris Jones, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026

Paramilitary forces from Russia’s notorious Wagner Group of mercenaries were brought in by the Malian junta back in 2022 to suppress the country’s ongoing Islamist insurgency. —Ilan Berman, Forbes.com, 11 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from feminine of junto joined, from Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join — more at yoke

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

junta

noun

jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə  ˈjənt-ə 

ˈhən-tə

1

: a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolution

2

: junto