English Explanatory Dictionary

militsia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Knabrupt-militsia.wav

Word forms

militsia militsias militsiia militsiya

Etymology

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

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on M Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary