LOYA JIRGA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems

Example:

he convened a Loya Jirga that persuaded tribal leaders to acquiesce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Loya Jirga" is a kind of...):

Jirga (a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders)

Domain region:

Afghanistan; Islamic State of Afghanistan (a mountainous landlocked country in central Asia; bordered by Iran to the west and Russia to the north and Pakistan to the east and south)

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