Macedonian

Noun

милиција • ‎(milicija) f

1. militia

Inflection

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǐliːtsija/
• Hyphenation: ми‧ли‧ци‧ја

Noun

мѝлӣција f ‎(Latin spelling mìlīcija)

1. militia
2. police (in the context of the former Yugoslavia, especially during the period of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Declension

Synonyms

• (police): полѝција

Usage notes

• During the period of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia the police forces were called Milicija SFR Jugoslavije (“SFR Yugoslavia's militsiya”). After the fall of communism, the police forces were renamed into Policija, and the term is used today either to denote the erstwhile institution or colloquially the present ones.