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omon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.63 in modern English

Syllables
omon
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.

Etymology

From Russian ОМО́Н (OMÓN), which is short for Отря́д Моби́льный Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mobílʹnyj Osóbovo Naznačénija, “mobile special-purpose detachment”) or Отря́д Ми́лиции Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mílicii Osóbovo Naznačénija, “detachment of special-purpose police”) when Russian police was called the militsia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the OMON (canonical)

Questions

What does omon mean?
Special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.
Where does omon come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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