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xunta

Xunta (Galician regional government)

noun SHOON-tah Rare
People & Society Government

Origin: Galician form of junta, from Latin iuncta, joined.

Usage Note

Xunta (officially Xunta de Galicia) is the name of the autonomous regional government of Galicia in northwestern Spain. It is the Galician-language spelling of junta. In Spanish-language contexts the word appears untranslated as a proper institutional name. The initial x is pronounced as a palatal fricative (like 'sh') in Galician, though in Spanish it may be approximated as 'h' or 'sh'.

Examples

"La Xunta aprobó el nuevo presupuesto regional."

Natural Translation

The Xunta approved the new regional budget.

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