Junta (governing body)
Junta ( or ) is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian () term for a civil deliberative or administrative council. In English, the term, even when used alone, generally refers to a "military junta", the government of an authoritarian state run by high- ...
(from Spanish), the name of various historical and current governments and governing institutions, including civil ones
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Military junta
A military junta () is a system of government led by a committee of military leaders. The term ''Junta (governing body), junta'' means "meeting" or "committee" and originated in the Junta (Peninsular War), national and local junta organized by t ...
, one form of junta, government led by a committee of military officers
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Junta (Habsburg)
Under Habsburg rule, a junta (or jointe) was an administrative body ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs. Juntas existed in Spain, Italy, and other European countries; in the Low Countries, the French name ''jointe'' was also off ...
, an administrative body that ruled in personal union with the Spanish Habsburgs
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Junta (Peninsular War)
In the Napoleonic era, junta () was the name chosen by several local administrations formed in Spain during the Peninsular War as a patriotic alternative to the official administration toppled by the French invaders. The juntas were usually formed ...
, resistance governments in Spain during the Peninsular War
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Junta (Spanish American Independence)
Junta () during Spanish American independence was the type of self government as patriotic alternative to the central government of Spain during the first phase of Spanish American wars of independence. The formation of juntas was usually an urba ...
, resistance governments during the Spanish American wars of independence including the Cuban Junta
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Whig Junto
The Whig Junto is the name given to a group of leading Whigs who were seen to direct the management of the Whig Party and often the government, during the reigns of William III and Anne. The Whig Junto proper consisted of John Somers, later ...
* Junta Miyawaki, Japanese professional wrestler
* Junta Terashima, Japanese voice actor
* Thomas Junta, American hockey dad attacked and killed the referee in his son's pickup hockey game
* La Junta Indians, Indians living in ''La Junta de los Rios'' on the West Texas and Mexico border
La Junta, Colorado
La Junta is a home rule municipality in, the county seat of, and the most populous municipality of Otero County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 7,322 at the 2020 United States census. La Junta is located on the Arkansa ...
Giunti (printers)
The Giunti, sometimes given as Giunta, were a Republic of Florence, Florentine family of printers. The first Giunti press was established in Venice by Lucantonio Giunti, who began printing under his own name in 1489. The press of his brother Fi ...
, Florentine family of printers, also spelled Junta
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Junto (disambiguation)
Junto may refer to:
* Whig Junto (c. 1700), English political leaders' group, that began to dominate the ministry from 1693 and held onto power intermittently until 1717 when members of the group fell out
* Junto (club)
The Junto, also known as ...
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Janata (disambiguation)
Janata (''janatā''), is a Hindi word for "the populace"; or "the people". Following the first Janata coalition in the 1970s between the Lok Dal, the Congress (O) and the Socialist Party, it has become part of the name of a number of federal- a ...