Tuesday, June 09, 2009

a.d. V Id. Iun.

duma n., pl. dumas [Russ.] 1. An official council or public assembly in czarist Russia before 1905. 2. The lower house of the post-communist Russian parliament. —Duma The national parliament of Russia from 1905 to 1917.

From Word Dictionary of Foreign Expressions

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