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militsia

/mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mil-it-sia
IPA
/mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g., modern Belarus).

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мили́ция (milícija), from Polish milicja, from Latin militia. Doublet of militia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

militsias (plural) militsiia (alternative) militsiya (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce militsia?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/.
What does militsia mean?
The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g., modern Belarus).
Where does militsia come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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