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Eta

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Noun

1. basque fatherland and liberty, basque homeland and freedom, eta, euskadi ta askatasuna

a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees

Example Sentences:
'in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials'

2. eta

the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Eta

see synonyms of eta
noun
the seventh letter in the Greek alphabet (Η, η), a long vowel sound, transliterated as e or ē
nounWord forms: plural eta or etas
(in Japan, formerly) a member of a class of outcasts who did menial and dirty tasks
abbreviation for
estimated time of arrival
noun acronym for
Euskadi ta Askatsuna: an organization of militant Basque nationalists attempting to gain independence for the Basques, esp those ruled by Spain, by means of guerrilla warfare

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Eta

see synonyms of eta
estimated time of arrival
noun
the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet (Η, η): in English transliteration, as in the etymologies of this dictionary, it is shown as ē

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Eta

see synonyms of eta
abbr.
estimated time of arrival
n.
The seventh letter of the Greek alphabet. See Table at alphabet.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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