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Corsican Army

Corsican Army

9.3
An armed group in Corsica that uses violence for political goals
  • noun
translation icon : Ejército Corsicano
  • The Corsican Army was responsible for several bombings targeting government buildings in the early 2000s.

Examples

  • Authorities have linked the Corsican Army to attacks on businesses associated with organized crime.

  • The Corsican Army was formed in 1999.

  • The influence of the Corsican Army in local politics has been a subject of debate for years.

  • Many people fear the Corsican Army due to its violent history.

  • Authorities have linked the Corsican Army to attacks on businesses associated with organized crime.

  • The Corsican Army was responsible for several bombings targeting government buildings in the early 2000s.

  • Many people fear the Corsican Army due to its violent history.

Synonyms

Armata Corsa
vsCorsican Army
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9.9

A Corsican armed group that used violence to make Corsica independent from France

uses a neutral term focusing on militant resistance rather than the terrorist label

Surface Forms

Corsican Army singular
Corsican Armies plural

Morphology

Corsican + army

The compound simply combines the nationality adjective 'Corsican' (from Corsica) with 'army' (an organized armed force), so a B1 learner who knows both words would infer it refers to an armed group associated with Corsica. While they would not infer detailed historical or political specifics (founding date, aims, links to the mafia), the core meaning is directly compositional and predictable.

Etymology

Corsican Army may come from nationalists who wanted to sound like a real Army defending Corsican people, so the name gives a strong military image. That's why it refers to an armed group that used attacks and violence 'to resist' ties between some nationalists and the mafia.