militia

generally refers to an army or other fighting force that is composed of non-professional fighters
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militia

Summary

militia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,945 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • militia is a type of military reserve force[2].
  • militia is a type of paramilitary organization[3].
  • militia is a type of irregular military[4].
  • militia is a type of armed organization[5].
  • militia is a type of armed non-state actor[6].
  • militia is a type of organization[7].
  • militia's Commons category is recorded as Militias[8].
  • militia comprises Islamic resistance[9].
  • militia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Militias[10].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[11].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as The American Cyclopædia[18].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[19].
  • militia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[20].
  • militia's different from is recorded as militsiya[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include military reserve force[2], paramilitary organization[3], irregular military[4], armed organization[5], armed non-state actor[6], and organization[7].

Use and Application

militia comprises Islamic resistance[9].

Why It Matters

militia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,945 views/month).[1] militia has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] militia is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of military reserve force, paramilitary organization, irregular military +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007533859705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
  2. 28d ago · EpicDream86 · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language +7
    Has part(s) Islamic resistance
    Subclass of
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q43229]]"
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