"upper house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: upper houses [plural]
Etymology: upper + house Etymology templates: {{affix|en|upper|house}} upper + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} upper house (plural upper houses)
  1. (government) The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house. Categories (topical): Buildings, Government, Rooms Synonyms: upper chamber Hypernyms: house (english: structurally) Related terms: House of Lords, Senate Translations (part of a legislature): مَجْلِس عُلْوِيّ (majlis ʕulwiyy) [masculine] (Arabic), ве́рхняя пала́та (vjérxnjaja paláta) [feminine] (Belarusian), го́рна ка́мара (górna kámara) [feminine] (Bulgarian), အထက်လွှတ်တော် (a.htakhlwattau) (Burmese), 元老院 (yuánlǎoyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 上院 (shàngyuàn) (Chinese Mandarin), horní sněmovna [feminine] (Czech), overhus [neuter] (Danish), ylähuone (Finnish), chambre haute [feminine] (French), ზედა პალატა (zeda ṗalaṭa) (Georgian), ზემო პალატა (zemo ṗalaṭa) (Georgian), Oberhaus [neuter] (German), άνω βουλή (áno voulí) [feminine] (Greek), felsőház (Hungarian), efri deild [feminine] (Icelandic), camera alta [feminine] (Italian), 上院 (jōin) (alt: じょういん) (Japanese), 상원 (sang'won) (alt: 上院) (Korean), Whare o Runga (Maori), adeií hooghan (Navajo), overhus [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), overhus [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), izba wyższa [feminine] (Polish), câmara alta [feminine] (Portuguese), cameră superioară [feminine] (Romanian), ве́рхняя пала́та (vérxnjaja paláta) [feminine] (Russian), cámara alta [feminine] (Spanish), överhus [neuter] (Swedish), mataas na kapulungan (Tagalog), สภาสูง (sà-paa-sǔung) (Thai), ве́рхня пала́та (vérxnja paláta) [feminine] (Ukrainian), thượng viện (Vietnamese)

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  "word": "upper house"
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