The Mahdi Army is a private militia in Iraq.
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Militia
//məˈlɪʃə//
Synonyms for "militia" (2 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 40 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- تَنْظِيم مُسَلَّح noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- جَمَاعَة مُسَلَّحَة noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- ميليشيا noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- مِيلِيشْيَا noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Basque
1 entries- milizia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Belarusian
1 entries- мілі́цыя noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Bulgarian
1 entries- мили́ция noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Catalan
1 entries- milícia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 國民軍 /国民军 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- 民兵 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- 民團 /民团 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- 義勇軍 /义勇军 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Czech
1 entries- milice noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Danish
1 entries- milits noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Dutch
1 entries- militie noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Esperanto
1 entries- milicio noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Estonian
1 entries- miilits noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Finnish
1 entries- miliisi noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
French
1 entries- milice noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
German
4 entries- Landwehr noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- Miliz noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- Reserve noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- Volksheer noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Hindi
1 entries- नागरिक सेना noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Hungarian
3 entries- milícia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- nemzetőrség noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- polgárőrség noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Indonesian
1 entries- milisi noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Italian
1 entries- milizia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Japanese
1 entries- 民兵 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Kalmyk
1 entries- милиц noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Korean
2 entries- 민병 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- 시민군 noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Lithuanian
1 entries- milicija noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Macedonian
1 entries- мили́ција noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Malay
1 entries- militia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Māori
2 entries- kura takahi puni noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- kura takai puni noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Norman
1 entries- milice noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Persian
2 entries- میلیس noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- میلیشیا noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Polish
1 entries- milicja noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Portuguese
1 entries- milícia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Romanian
1 entries- miliție noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Russian
2 entries- мили́ция noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- наро́дное ополче́ние noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- mìlīcija noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- мѝлӣција noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Slovak
1 entries- milícia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Slovene
1 entries- milica noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Spanish
1 entries- milicia noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Swahili
1 entries- mwanamgambo noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Swedish
1 entries- milis noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мілі́ція noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dân binh noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
- dân quân noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Volapük
1 entries- sifanakomipanef noun (army of trained civilians called upon in time of need)
Sample sentences
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The militia was formed to defend citizens in an emergency.
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The island was now surrounded by militia.
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A group of militia saw him and began shooting.
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