douma

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(do̅o̅′mä)

dou•ma (do̅o̅′mä),USA pronunciation n.

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douma Russian: /ˈduːmə/ n

du•ma (do̅o̅′mə),USA pronunciation n.

Government(in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
Government(cap.) an elective legislative assembly, established in 1905 by Nicholas II, constituting the lower house of parliament.

Also, douma.

Gothic dōms judgment (see doom)
Russian, Old Russian dúma assembly, council (an early homonym with dúma thought); cognate with Bulgarian dúma word, Slovak duma meditation; Slavic *dum- probably
1865–70

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duma, douma Russian: /ˈduːmə/ n

(usually capital) the elective legislative assembly established by Tsar Nicholas II in 1905: overthrown by the Bolsheviks in 1917
(before 1917) any official assembly or council
short for State Duma, the lower chamber of the Russian parliament

Etymology: 20th Century: from duma thought, of Germanic origin; related to Gothic dōms judgment

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