HyperDic: continuity_irish_republican_army

English > 1 sense of the expression Continuity Irish Republican Army:
NOUNgroupContinuity Irish Republican Army, CIRA, Continuity Army Councila terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein
English > Continuity Irish Republican Army: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningA terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein.
SynonymsCIRA, Continuity Army Council
Categoryterrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist actThe calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature
Instance ofterrorist organization, terrorist group, foreign terrorist organization, FTOA political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals
RegionIreland, Republic of Ireland, Irish Republic, EireA republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland
SpanishEjército Republicano Irlandés de la Continuidad
CatalanExèrcit Republicà Irlandès de la Continuïtat

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