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duma

Syllables: du·ma/ˈdumə/

duma noun: a Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).

Noun

duma (plural dumas)

  1. A Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
    • Hence, while preserving his autocratic power, the Czar decrees a “Gosudarstvennaia Duma,” or State Council. The elections for this Duma will cover the whole territory of the Empire, ...1905, “Russian Duma” in The Outlook Volume 80, 989
  2. A drink mixing wine and vodka.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Duma

Duma (plural Dumas)

  1. A surname.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Duma

Duma (plural Dumas)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of duma (“Russian legislative assembly”).
    • Barricades were raised, Dumas were convened and dissolved, emergency laws were enacted, mystics sought escape routes to the beyond—and meanwhile this little group of captains and colonels, nicknamed the “Young Turks,” developed their ideas, read the works of German generals, and gathered strength.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 98

duma meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Arabic and Malay

duma in Hindi

lower house of Russian national parliament
ड्यूमा ḍyūmā, दूमा dūmā

duma in Bengali

lower house of Russian national parliament
দুমা duma

duma in Arabic

lower house of Russian national parliament
دُومَا dūmā

duma in Malay

lower house of Russian national parliament
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More languagesFewer languages
duma in Indonesian
duma
duma in Persian
دوما dumâ
duma in Vietnamese
Viện Đu-ma, Đu-ma

Forms of duma

Noun
pluraldumas
alternative formDuma
Proper noun
pluralDumas

Plural of duma: dumas

Origin of duma

From Russian ду́ма (dúma, “elective legislative assembly”, originally: “thought”), from Proto-Slavic *duma (“breath, spirit; word; mind, thought; advice”). The drink is named after the legislative assembly.

Borrowed from Polish Duma, Romanian Duma or Ukrainian Дума (Duma).

Words formed from duma

Questions about duma

What does duma mean?
Duma means a Russian legislative assembly such as the historical duma of the Russian Empire or the modern lower house of the Federal Assembly (the Russian national parliament).
What is duma in Hindi?
Duma in Hindi is ड्यूमा (ḍyūmā), दूमा (dūmā). See Duma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is duma?
Duma can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce duma?
Duma is pronounced /ˈdumə/.
What is the plural of duma?
The plural of duma is dumas.

Words near duma in the dictionary

  1. dum dums
  2. dum palm
  3. dum palms
  4. dum-dum
  5. dum-dums
  6. duma
  7. Dumagmang
  8. Dumagoc
  9. Dumaguete
  10. Dumai
  11. Dumais

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