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Romanian
Noun
милиция (miliția) f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of милицие (miliție) Cyrillic spelling of miliția.
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish milicja.
Pronunciation
Noun
мили́ция • (milícija) f inan (genitive мили́ции, nominative plural мили́ции, genitive plural мили́ций, relational adjective милице́йский)
- police, militsia (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
- (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.
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