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ARMATA CORSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Armata Corsa mean? 

ARMATA CORSA (noun)
  The noun ARMATA CORSA has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafiaplay

  Familiarity information: ARMATA CORSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ARMATA CORSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A terrorist organization founded in 1999 to oppose the link between nationalists and the Corsican mafia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Armata Corsa; Corsican Army

Context example:

the attacks of Armata Corsa are aimed at symbolic targets of colonialism in Corsica

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:

Corse; Corsica (a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte)


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