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mə noun
1.
(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
2.
(initial capital letter) an elective legislative assembly, established in 1905 by Nicholas II, constituting the lower house of parliament.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (usually capital) the elective legislative assembly established by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905: overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917 |
| 2. | (before 1917) any official assembly or council |
| 3. | short for State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament |
| [C20: from duma thought, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic dōms judgment] | |
| douma or Russian douma | |
| —n | |
| [C20: from duma thought, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic dōms judgment] | |
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Duma
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
duma
Rus. national assembly, 1870 (in reference to city councils; the national one was set up in 1905), lit. "thought," from a Gmc. source (cf. Goth. doms "judgment," Eng. doom, deem).
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The duma confirmed his appointment on the first ballot by a wide margin.
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