omon

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Scrabble points: 6
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Letters: 4

Definition of omon

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

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

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Etymology

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.