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Derg

The English word “Derg” has 1 meaning listed here.

proper noun

  1. The Provisional Military Administrative Council, the communist military junta that ruled Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987.

Etymology

Borrowed from Amharic ደርግ (därg, “committee; council”).

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