English Explanatory Dictionary

OMON

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

OMON the OMON

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.

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