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plural dumas
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). quotations examples
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
A drink mixing wine and vodka. examples