"House of Representatives" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: the House of Representatives [canonical]
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  1. The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems. Wikipedia link: House of Representatives Categories (topical): Buildings, Government, Organizations, Rooms Related terms: Senate, Congress, Parliament, House of Delegates, House of Commons Translations (lower house of parliament): مَجْلِس النُّوَّاب (majlis an-nuwwāb) [masculine] (Arabic), ներկայացուցիչների պալատ (nerkayacʿucʿičʿneri palat) (Armenian), пала́та прадстаўніко́ў (paláta pradstaŭnikóŭ) [feminine] (Belarusian), 眾議院 (Chinese Mandarin), 众议院 (zhòngyìyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 下院 (xiàyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), Repræsentanternes hus [neuter] (Danish), Huis van Afgevaardigden [neuter] (Dutch), esindajatekoda (Estonian), edustajainhuone (Finnish), Chambre des représentants [feminine] (French), წარმომადგენელთა პალატა (c̣armomadgenelta ṗalaṭa) (Georgian), Repräsentantenhaus [neuter] (German), Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων (Voulí ton Antiprosópon) (Greek), Majalisar Wakilai (Hausa), בית הנבחרים (beit hanivkharim) [masculine] (Hebrew), Fulltrúadeild [feminine] (Icelandic), Dewan Perwakilan (Indonesian), 衆議院 (shūgiin) (alt: しゅうぎいん) (Japanese), 下院 (kain) (alt: かいん) (Japanese), 하원 (hawon) (alt: 下院) (Korean), ສະພາຕ່ຳ (sa phā tam) (Lao), претставнички дом (pretstavnički dom) [masculine] (Macedonian), Dewan Perwakilan (Malay), Dewan Rakyat (in Malaysia) (Malay), ayaaí hooghan (Navajo), Representantenes hus [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), giigidoowininiwag (Ojibwe), izba reprezentantów [feminine] (Polish), Câmara dos Representantes [feminine] (Portuguese), Camera Reprezentanților [feminine] (Romanian), пала́та представи́телей (paláta predstavítelej) [feminine] (Russian), Cámara de Representantes [feminine] (Spanish), Representanthuset [neuter] (Swedish), Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan (Tagalog), สภาผู้แทนราษฎร (sà-paa-pûu-tɛɛn-râat-sà-dɔɔn) (Thai), пала́та представникі́в (paláta predstavnykív) [feminine] (Ukrainian), hạ viện (Vietnamese), hạ nghị viện (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "lower house of parliament",
      "word": "Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà-paa-pûu-tɛɛn-râat-sà-dɔɔn",
      "sense": "lower house of parliament",
      "word": "สภาผู้แทนราษฎร"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "paláta predstavnykív",
      "sense": "lower house of parliament",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пала́та представникі́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "lower house of parliament",
      "word": "hạ viện"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "lower house of parliament",
      "word": "hạ nghị viện"
    }
  ],
  "word": "House of Representatives"
}

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