RED SUN

Pronunciation (US):

• RED SUN (noun)
  The noun RED SUN has 1 sense:

1. a small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings

  Familiarity information: RED SUN used as a noun is very rare.

• RED SUN (noun)

Meaning:

A small but violent terrorist organization formed in Ecuador in the early 1990s; responsible for bombing several government buildings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

Puka Inti; Red Sun; Sol Rojo

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:

Ecuador; Republic of Ecuador (a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes)