milicja
See also: milicją
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mīlitia.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
milicja f (related adjective milicyjny)
- (historical, law enforcement) militsia, police (police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g. modern Belarus))
- Synonym: policja
- (historical, metonymically) militsia, police (building of such an agency)
- Synonym: policja
- (historical, metonymically) militsia, police (people who work in such an organization)
- Synonym: policja
- (historical, metonymically, rare) militsia, police (activities of such an agency)
- Synonym: policja
- (dated, military) militia (army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control)
Declension edit
Declension of milicja
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Descendants edit
- → Russian: мили́ция (milícija)