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Irgun

/iɹˈɡun/

Irgun proper noun: a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.

Proper noun

Irgun

  1. (historical) A Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.

Origin of Irgun

Borrowed from Hebrew ארגון (irgún, “organization”).

Words formed from Irgun

Questions about Irgun

What does Irgun mean?
Irgun means a Zionist paramilitary group that operated in Mandatory Palestine between 1931 and 1948.
What part of speech is Irgun?
Irgun is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Irgun?
Irgun is pronounced /iɹˈɡun/.

Words near Irgun in the dictionary

  1. IRG
  2. IrGael
  3. irgasan
  4. IRGC
  5. IRGs
  6. Irgun
  7. Irgunist
  8. Irgunists
  9. IRHD
  10. IRHP
  11. IRHPs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Irgun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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