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militsia

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/
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noun

Meaning 1

The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g., modern Belarus).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian мили́ция (milícija), from Polish milicja, from Latin militia. Doublet of militia.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: амилициа (amilicja) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Armenian: միլիցիա (milicʻia) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Azerbaijani: milis — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Belarusian: мілі́цыя (milícyja) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Bulgarian: мили́ция (milícija) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民警 (mínjǐng) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Czech: milice — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Estonian: miilits — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Finnish: miliisi — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • French: milice — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Georgian: მილიცია (milicia) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • German: Miliz — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Hebrew: מִילִיצְיָה (milítsia) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Japanese: ミリツィア (miritsia) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Kazakh: милиция (milisiä) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Korean: 밀리치야 (millichiya) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Kyrgyz: милиция (militsiya) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Latvian: milicija — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Lithuanian: milicija — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Macedonian: милиција (milicija) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Polish: milicja — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Romanian: miliție — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Romanian: милиция (miliția) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Russian: мили́ция (milícija) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Serbo-Croatian: мѝлӣција — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Serbo-Croatian: mìlīcija — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Slovak: milícia — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Slovene: milica — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Tajik: милитсия (militsiya) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Tatar: милиция (militsiyä) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Turkish: milis — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Turkmen: milisiýa — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Ukrainian: мілі́ція (milícija) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Uzbek: militsiya — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police
  • Yiddish: מיליציע (militsye) — the police in the Soviet Union and related states — see also militia, police