militia

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• /məˈlɪʃə/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃə
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• CMU ARPABET: M AH0 L IH1 SH AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin mīlitia (“army, military force/service”), from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia. The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَنْظِيم مُسَلَّح (tanẓīm musallaḥ) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Arabic: جَمَاعَة مُسَلَّحَة — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Arabic: مِيلِيشْيَا (mīlīšyā) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Arabic: ميليشيا (melešyā) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Basque: milizia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Belarusian: мілі́цыя (milícyja) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Bulgarian: мили́ция (milícija) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Catalan: milícia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Chinese Mandarin: 民兵 (mínbīng) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Chinese Mandarin: 國民軍 /国民军 (guómínjūn) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Chinese Mandarin: 義勇軍 /义勇军 (yìyǒngjūn) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Chinese Mandarin: 民團 /民团 (míntuán) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Czech: milice — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Danish: milits — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Dutch: militie — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Esperanto: milicio — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Estonian: miilits — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Finnish: miliisi — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• French: milice — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• German: Miliz — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• German: Landwehr — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• German: Reserve — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• German: Volksheer — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Hani: miqbil — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Hindi: नागरिक सेना (nāgrik senā) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Hungarian: milícia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Hungarian: polgárőrség — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Hungarian: nemzetőrség — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Indonesian: milisi — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Italian: milizia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Japanese: 民兵 (minpei) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Kalmyk: милиц (milits) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Korean: 민병 (minbyeong) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Korean: 시민군 (simin'gun) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Lithuanian: milicija — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Macedonian: мили́ција (milícija) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Malay: militia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Māori: kura takahi puni — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Māori: kura takai puni — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Norman: milice — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Persian: میلیشیا (milišyâ) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Persian: میلیس (milis) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Polish: milicja — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Portuguese: milícia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Romanian: miliție — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Russian: мили́ция (milícija) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Russian: наро́дное ополче́ние (naródnoje opolčénije) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Serbo-Croatian: мѝлӣција — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Serbo-Croatian: mìlīcija — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Slovak: milícia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Slovene: milica — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Spanish: milicia — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Swahili: mwanamgambo — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Swedish: milis — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Ukrainian: мілі́ція (milícija) — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Vietnamese: dân quân — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Vietnamese: dân binh — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
• Volapük: sifanakomipanef — army of trained civilians called upon in time of need