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milicia

Spanish, noun/miˈliθja/

milicia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “army” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Oficio o condición de militar”.

What does milicia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininearmy

  2. 2

    femininemilitia

  3. 3

    femininemilitary service

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Oficio o condición de militar. 2. Disciplina y técnica de formar y conducir ejércitos. 3. Cuerpo armado irregular, compuesto de voluntarios, que se organiza al servicio del gobierno u otra entidad en circunstancias de excepción.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of milicia

  • milicias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce milicia?

  • /miˈliθja/
  • [miˈli.θja]
  • /miˈlisja/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to milicia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is milicia in Spanish?

milicia appears 5.8 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).