ETA

/ˈɛdə/
/itiˈeɪ/
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Definitions of ETA
  1. noun
    a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
    synonyms: Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna
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    FTO, foreign terrorist organization, terrorist group, terrorist organization
    a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
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/ˈɛdə/
UK
/itiˈeɪ/
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