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OMON

OMON proper noun: special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.

Proper noun

the OMON

  1. Special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.

Origin of OMON

From Russian ОМО́Н (OMÓN), which is short for Отря́д Моби́льный Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mobílʹnyj Osóbovo Naznačénija, “mobile special-purpose detachment”) or Отря́д Ми́лиции Осо́бого Назначе́ния (Otrjád Mílicii Osóbovo Naznačénija, “detachment of special-purpose police”) when Russian police was called the militsia.

Questions about OMON

What does OMON mean?
OMON means special Purpose Mobile Unit, the riot police in Russia and Belarus.
What part of speech is OMON?
OMON is a proper noun.

Words near OMON in the dictionary

  1. omomyids
  2. omomyiform
  3. omomyiforms
  4. omomyine
  5. omomyines
  6. OMON
  7. Omonoia
  8. omophagia
  9. omophagias
  10. omophagic
  11. omophagies

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