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17 NOVEMBER

 Dictionary entry overview: What does 17 November mean? 

17 NOVEMBER (noun)
  The noun 17 NOVEMBER has 1 sense:

1. a Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980splay

  Familiarity information: 17 NOVEMBER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


17 NOVEMBER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A Marxist-Leninist terrorist organization in Greece that is violently opposed to imperialism and capitalism and NATO and the United States; an active terrorist group during the 1980s

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

17 November; Revolutionary Organization 17 November

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

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)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)


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