duma
杜马,杜玛,祖马,斗牛士
Definitions
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- : a council or official assembly.
- : an elective legislative assembly, established in 1905 by Nicholas II, constituting the lower house of parliament.
Examples
“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.
Much was hoped from the duma, but this body has proved bitterly opposed to the Jewish claim for liberty.
It was the Duma which was strangled by these forces, of which the first was the more potent and malign.
Now there is a duma, and the duma as an institution still lives.
The duma is ready to do its part; will the government rise to the occasion?
The Duma invited the Council to share its own convenient quarters.