land-sting

noun

(formerly) the upper house of the Danish parliament.

Also, Lands·thing

[lahns-ting] .

Compare Rigsdag.

Origin:
< Danish, equivalent to lands, possessive of land land + t(h)ing thing². See Lagting

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