junta
/ˈdʒʌntə/noun
1
- a military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force武装篡夺政权的军人或政治集团：
the country's ruling military junta.
统治该国的军人集团。
2
- historical a deliberative or administrative council in Spain or Portugal〈史〉西班牙或葡萄牙的政务审议会。
词源
early 17th cent. (in sense 2)： from Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin juncta, feminine past participle of jungere 'to join'.