милиция

милиция (miliția) f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of милицие (miliție) Cyrillic spelling of miliția.

Borrowed from Polish milicja.

• IPA^(key): [mʲɪˈlʲit͡sɨjə]

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мили́ция • (milícija) f inan (genitive мили́ции, nominative plural мили́ции, genitive plural мили́ций, relational adjective милице́йский)

1. police, militsia (during the Soviet period and in some post-Soviet successor states)
2. (historical) militia (in the Russian Empire)

• In the Soviet Union and many Eastern Bloc states, as well as in some post-Soviet successor states (until 2011 in Russia), the police was known as мили́ция (milícija). As a result, during the Soviet and early post-Soviet period, the term поли́ция (polícija) referred mainly to foreign (Western Bloc) or pre-revolutionary police forces.

• милиционе́р (milicionér)

• → Armenian: միլիցիա (milicʻia)
• → Azerbaijani: milis
• → English: militsia
• → Estonian: miilits
• → Georgian: მილიცია (milicia)
• → Kildin Sami: милиция (milicija)
• → Romanian: miliție
• → Uzbek: militsiya

• поли́ция (polícija)