E•tas
We found 3 definitions of etas from 2 different sources.
NounPlural: etas |
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eta - the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet | ||
alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor" | ||
eta - 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; "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials" | ||
Basque Homeland and Freedom, Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Euskadi ta Askatasuna, ETA | ||
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear |