милиция

See also: міліція

Romanian

Noun

милиция (miliția) f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of милицие (miliție) Cyrillic spelling of miliția.

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish milicja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mʲɪˈlʲit͡sɨjə]
  • (file)

Noun

мили́ция • (milícija) f inan (genitive мили́ции, nominative plural мили́ции, genitive plural мили́ций, relational adjective милице́йский)

  1. police, militsia (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
  2. (historical) militia (in the Russian Empire)

Usage notes

  • In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term поли́ция (polícija) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

Declension

Descendants

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