Definition of ETA

eta

Meanings

Plural: eta, etas

Noun

  • a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
    • "in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
  • the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • The seventh letter of the Modern Greek alphabet, the eighth in Old Greek.
  • A kind of electrically neutral meson having zero spin and isospin.
  • A social outcast in Japan who is subjected to menial work, making up a class or caste of such people.
  • Alternative form of ita (“kind of palm tree”).

Origin / Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

Synonyms

Basque Fatherland and Liberty, Basque Homeland and Freedom, Euskadi ta Askatasuna

Scrabble Score: 3

eta is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
eta is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
eta is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 3

eta is a valid Words With Friends word