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I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
Brigitte Nielsen

Meaning of "military coup" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MILITARY COUP

military coup  [ˈmɪlɪtərɪ kuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MILITARY COUP

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Military coup is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MILITARY COUP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coup d'état

A coup d'état (/ˌkuːdeɪˈtɑː/; French: blow of state; plural: coups d'état audio (help·info)), also known as a coup, a putsch, or an overthrow, is the sudden and illegal seizure of a government, usually instigated by a small group of the existing state establishment to depose the established government and replace it with a new ruling body, civil or military. A coup d'état is considered successful when the usurpers establish their dominance. When the coup neither fails completely nor succeeds, a civil war is a likely consequence. A coup d'état typically uses the extant government's power to assume political control of the country. In Coup d'État: A Practical Handbook, military historian Edward Luttwak states that " coup consists of the infiltration of a small, but critical, segment of the state apparatus, which is then used to displace the government from its control of the remainder." The armed forces, whether military or paramilitary, can be a defining factor of a coup d'état.

Definition of military coup in the English dictionary

The definition of military coup in the dictionary is a coup organized and carried out by members of the armed forces.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MILITARY COUP


Basescu
bæʲsɛskuː
beaucoup
bəʊˈkuː
buchu
ˈbuːkuː
bunraku
bʊnˈrɑːkuː
coo
kuː
cou-cou
ˈkuːkuː
coup
kuː
cuckoo
ˈkʊkuː
haiku
ˈhaɪkuː
haku
hɑːkuː
hokku
ˈhɒkuː
kuku
kuːkuː
Maluku
mɑːˈluːkuː
nunchaku
nʌnˈtʃɑːkuː
otaku
ɔːˈtɑːkuː
puku
ˈpuːkuː
raku
ˈrɑːkuː
rokkaku
rəˈkækuː
Shikoku
ˈʃiːkəʊˌkuː
sudoku
səˈdəʊkuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MILITARY COUP

militaristic
militaristically
militarization
militarize
military
military academy
military band
military base
military covenant
military engineering
military honours
military law
military orchid
military pace
military police
military policeman
military service
military superiority
military training
military-industrial complex

WORDS THAT END LIKE MILITARY COUP

age group
contrecoup
control group
countercoup
group
in-group
loup
media group
newsgroup
postcoup
precoup
public-interest group
recoup
scoup
soup
subgroup
support group
target group
user group
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Synonyms and antonyms of military coup in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «military coup» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MILITARY COUP

Find out the translation of military coup to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of military coup from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «military coup» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

军事政变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

golpe militar
570 millions of speakers

English

military coup
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैन्य तख्तापलट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انقلاب عسكري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

военный переворот
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

golpe militar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামরিক বিদ্রোহ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

coup d´Etat militaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rampasan kuasa tentera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Militärputsch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軍事クーデター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

군사 쿠데타
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kudeta militer
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cuộc đảo chính quân sự
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இராணுவ ஆட்சி மாற்றம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लष्करी निर्णायक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

askeri darbe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colpo di stato militare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Przewrót wojskowy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

військовий переворот
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lovitură de stat militară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στρατιωτικό πραξικόπημα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

militêre staatsgreep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

militärkupp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

militærkupp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of military coup

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MILITARY COUP»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MILITARY COUP» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about military coup

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3 QUOTES WITH «MILITARY COUP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word military coup.
1
Isabel Allende
On a Tuesday, September 11th, 1973, we had the military coup in Chile that forced me to leave my country eventually. And then, on a Tuesday, September 11th, 2001, we had the terrorist attack in the United States.
2
Brigitte Nielsen
I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.
3
Jalal Talabani
A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILITARY COUP»

Discover the use of military coup in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to military coup and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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How to Stage a Military Coup: From Planning to Execution
A military coup led by General Cemal Gürsel removes President Celâl Bayar andthe cabinetfrom power and dissolves parliament. Martial law is declared but, seven days later, General Gürsel is given a nonoptional opportunity to spend more ...
Ken Connor, David Hebditch, 2013
2
Oil, Politics and Violence: Nigeria's Military Coup Culture ...
"An insider traces the details of hope and ambition gone wrong in the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.
Max Siollun, 2009
3
The Good Coup: The Overthrow of Manuel Zelaya in Honduras
The collection of short essays in this book offers personal insights on these questions and on a wide range of events, themes, and philosophical struggles that defined the political crisis in Honduras.
Marco Caceres di Iorio, 2010
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Factories of Memory: Cinematic Representations of the 12 ...
As the third successful military coup in the history of the Turkish Republic, 12 September 1980 can be interpreted as one of the most important manifestations of the intervention of the armed forces into politics11. Throughout the history of the ...
Ozan Tekin, 2013
5
Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador ...
On September 11, 1973, President Salvador Allende of Chile was deposed in a violent coup led by General Augusto Pinochet. The coup had been in the works for months, even years.
Oscar Guardiola-Rivera, 2013
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The Origins of the Chosŏn Dynasty
According to Pydn T'ae-sop, the real significance of the military coup as a historical turning point "lies in the transformation of the status system that was the foundation of the Koryd dynasty and in the destruction of the aristocratic [kwijok] order.
John B. Duncan, 2000
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Incomplete Democracy: Political Democratization in Chile and ...
The military coup of 11 September 1973 began seventeen years of hard repressive rule by a rightist military regime led by General Augusto Pinochet at the head of the military junta formed by the commanders in chief of the army, the navy, the ...
Manuel Antonio Garretón Merino, 2003
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Lebanon: The Politics of Frustration--the Failed Coup of 1961
Finally, the coup attempt of 31 December occurred at a time when the situation in Lebanon seemed hardly favourable or conducive to a military coup d'état. In general, military coups occur either in times of political or economic crises, or in a  ...
Adel Beshara, 2005
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Encyclopedia of African Peoples
l' 1 ~ Master Sergeant Samuel 009 in vi taires power after a military coup in tiberia in 1'980. His assassination in 1990 leads to the escalation of tioeria '5 civil war A !5; .l/Iorit/i (lit/i (l 1 Jr?) A Uctvmluu Uury 'Nfi'blifll'i tit iuzii snownn The MiIEf ...
The Diagram Group,, 2013
10
Korean Politics: The Quest for Democratization and Economic ...
In Chidojado (The Leader's Way), the general who had just executed a military coup against the democratically constituted government of the Second Republic proclaimed his "belief in democracy"5 in a brief section of seventeen lines.
John Kie-chiang Oh, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILITARY COUP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term military coup is used in the context of the following news items.
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Gambia: The Amateurish Plan To Overthrow Jammeh
... from gun stores for assault weapons – this is America, after all – and a primer by a former SAS soldier entitled How to Stage a Military Coup. «Jollofnews, Jul 15»
2
Western journalists covering Egypt must speak truth to tyrannical …
For instance, shortly after the July 2013 military coup and the largest government-perpetrated massacres of protesters in August 2013, ... «Middle East Eye, Jul 15»
3
Greece's royal coup - lessons of the July Days
But right wing army officers seized power in a military coup on 21 April. They arrested everyone from street protesters to right wing politicians, ... «Socialist Worker, Jul 15»
4
Father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb says deal may have saved Iran …
Khan said that if Iran had not agreed to the deal, “ongoing chaos would have left the field open to a military coup sponsored by the West, just as ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
5
Thai PM denies buying spyware for use on opposition
The purchases coincide with the country's military coup of 2014 that saw then Army Chief Chan-ocha overthrow the elected government of ... «Anadolu Agency, Jul 15»
6
Gay couple in Thai custody battle over surrogate baby
A change in Thailand's surrogacy law following last year's military coup has made leaving the country even harder. Gordon Lake told ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
7
Prayut gives all ministers equal chance to stay or go | Bangkok Post …
Others were invited by him to serve the government which was set up after the military coup in May last year. Gen Prayut said none of the 32 ... «Bangkok Post, Jul 15»
8
Officers Arrested in 1986 Burning Death of US Student in Chile
After a military coup toppled the Allende government in 1973, Ms. De Negri was imprisoned, tortured and expelled from the country. She settled ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
9
Mali forces arrest 15 militants, destroy camps: Sources
The West African country slid further into chaos after President Amadou Toumani Toure was toppled in a military coup in March 2012. The coup ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
10
Amid violence, Burundi's election expected to give leader disputed …
Nkurunziza has faced an abortive military coup and furious street protests in recent months as he relied on a contentious technicality to claim ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»

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