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National Diet

National Diet proper noun: the national legislature of Japan.

Proper noun

  1. The national legislature of Japan.

Origin of National Diet

From national + diet, calque of Japanese 国会 (Kokkai, literally “National Assembly”).

Words formed from National Diet

Questions about National Diet

What does National Diet mean?
National Diet means the national legislature of Japan.
What part of speech is National Diet?
National Diet is a proper noun.

Words near National Diet in the dictionary

  1. national day
  2. National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
  3. national days
  4. national debt
  5. national debts
  6. National Diet
  7. national dress
  8. national emblem
  9. national emblems
  10. national epic
  11. national epics

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