punakaarti

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • Any of the several organizations known as .
  • (historical) The Finnish Guards (Finland)|Red Guards in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, the armed troops that fought for a Socialist revolution against the Finnish w

Etymology

Compound from Finnish puna (red, the color red, blush) + Finnish kaarti (guard).

Origin

Finnish

kaarti

Gloss

guard

Concept
Semantic Field

Warfare and hunting

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji
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