What does "junta" mean?

The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Junta

Common synonyms include: addition, advisory body, affiliation, age group, agglomeration, aggregation.

/ˈhʊntə/ noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Noun

1
The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
2
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power wordnet
3
A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

"The brutal military junta was installed by the CIA to protect American business interests."

Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.