duma
- (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- (initial capital letter) an elective legislative assembly, established in 1905 by Nicholas II, constituting the lower house of parliament.
Origin of duma
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Contemporary Examples of duma
“It is not dissimilar from Putin using the Duma to ratify his annexation of the Crimea,” he said.
Last April, shortly after annexation, the Duma voted for the law allowing gaming zones in Crimea.
Deputies were full of optimism: sanctions would help to make the Russian economy healthier, Duma members concluded on Wednesday.
“Our relationship with the U.S. has been growing colder and colder,” said the Duma deputy, Robert Schlegel.
Omar and Fouzi are from the West Bank village of Duma, 13 miles southeast of Nablus.
Historical Examples of duma
If he reveals to the Duma what he knows, then everything must be lost.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
The Empress, on hearing what had happened in the Duma, had a fit of hysterics.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
Yet he is dangerous, and if he denounces us in the Duma it will come as a bombshell.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
Even from the tribune of the Duma it was declared that the Black Cabinet was a fiction.
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
If thou wilt not postpone the Duma, then the peril will be upon thine own head!
The Minister of EvilWilliam Le Queux
duma
douma
- (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