Junta (/ˈhʊntə/ ⓘ or /ˈdʒʌntə/) is a Spanish, Portuguese and Italian (giunta) term for a civil deliberative or administrative council.
The literal meaning of the word derives from juntar (to join);[1] a group of people with a common purpose.
In Italy, a giunta is the civil executive of regions and of municipalities (comune).
In Spain, the term refers to various historical and current governing institutions of a particular territory or occasion.
[2] The term is not related to the Sanskrit word Janatā (also transliterated as Jantā and Juntā), which refers to "the public/people/masses".