Derg

See also: derg

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ደርግ (därg, “committee; council”).

Proper noun

the Derg

  1. (historical) The Provisional Military Administrative Council, the communist military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987.
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