eta

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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
noun the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta).

E: and O: (always capitalized) represent Eta and Omega. e: at the end of some names represents dieresis (separate syllable). — Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame, Francesco Colonna
A broad, fluctuating, semicircular arch of vivid white light spanned the northern quarter of the heavens, reaching from the horizon to the star Eta in the Greater Bear. — Two on a Tower, Thomas Hardy
This story of the little samurai, hardly big enough to be a soldier, and of how the fair eta Hoshiko met his obligations for him, is very real and appealing. — A Victor of Salamis, William Stearns Davis

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

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