CIRA

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does CIRA mean? 

• CIRA (noun)
  The noun CIRA has 1 sense:

1. a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein

  Familiarity information: CIRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CIRA (noun)

Meaning:

A terrorist organization formed in Ireland in 1994 as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

CIRA; Continuity Army Council; Continuity Irish Republican Army

Instance hypernyms:

foreign terrorist organization; FTO; terrorist group; terrorist organization (a political movement that uses terror as a weapon to achieve its goals)

Domain category:

act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)

Domain region:

Eire; Ireland; Irish Free State (a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921)