duma

Speech parts

1. duma - Noun

2. Duma - Proper noun

Meaning

a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

council parliament congress county divan assembly chamber house of commons cortes convention legislature reichstag consistory chapter diet
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Hypernyms

general assembly legislature legislative body legislative assembly law-makers

Phrases with the word

duma buildings

Anagrams

maud ADMU amud Damu muda

Examples

[Bryce] thought she [Russia] was becoming a menace to Europe with her vast and rapidly increasing population and her also rapidly increasing prosperity. The Duma was no check on the ambitions of the official class. Germany, he thought, was right to arm and she would need every man. James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

[W]e who base our confidence and our hopes on the Parliamentary system-New institutions have often a disturbed, if not a stormy youth. The Duma will revive in one form or another. We can say with all sincerity, "The Duma is dead; long live the Duma.”. Henry Campbell-Bannerman

According to the head of the Defense Committee of the State Duma Vladimir Komoyedov, Russia plans to spend 101.15 billion rubles on nuclear weapons in 2013-2015. Source: Internet

According to the 1993 constitution, the State Duma must decide within one week to confirm or reject a candidate once the president has placed that person's name in nomination. Source: Internet

After the Duma rejected Chernomyrdin's candidacy twice, Yeltsin, his power clearly on the wane, backed down. Source: Internet

All this activity gave renewed encouragement to political ambitions, and, in September 1915, a combination of Octobrists and Kadets in the Duma demanded the forming of a responsible government. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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