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Duma (do̵̅o̅′mä)

noun

  1. the legislative assembly of czarist Russia (1905-17)
  2. the lower chamber of the parliament in Russia (since 1993)

Etymology: Russ < Gmc, as in Goth doms, ON domr, OE dom, judgment: see doom

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