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DUMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Duma mean?
• DUMA (noun)
The noun DUMA has 1 sense:
1. a legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR
Familiarity information: DUMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A legislative body in the ruling assembly of Russia and of some other republics in the former USSR
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Duma" is a kind of...):
general assembly; law-makers; legislative assembly; legislative body; legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)
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