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Congress en · NOUN

Etymology

From congress.

Meanings

  1. (US) A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
    • Two regular sessions of our federal legislative body are called a Congress, and Congresses have been numbered consecutively since the first one met in 1789. The first two sessions were called the first Congress; […] 1946, Emil F. Faith, Richard Gibbs Browne, Our Civic Life and Progress, Mentzer, Bush & Company, page 248:

Forms

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Congress en · PROPN

Etymology

From congress.

Meanings

  1. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
  2. (US) The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
    • The bill was stewarded through Congress to the President.
    • He pitched his budget proposal to Congress.
  3. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
  4. (Philippine) The legislature of the Philippines.
  5. (Philippine, qualifier:more specifically) The legislature of the Philippines. ▸ The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
  6. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.
  7. (India, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, qualifier:Indian politics) Clipping of Indian National Congress

Forms

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Deriveds

Congress cap · act of Congress

Synonyms

Capitol Hill (the two legislative bodies of the US) · INC (Indian National Congress)

Translations (20)

fa کنگره (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ru конгре́сс (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ja コングレス (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · pl Kongres (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ka კონგრესი (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · de Kongress (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · cmn 國大黨 /国大党 (clipping of Indian National Congress) · ar اَلْكُونْغْرِس (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · nv Wááshindoondi beehazʼáanii ádeiłʼínígíí (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ms Kongres (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · cmn 國會 /国会 (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · fr Congrès (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ko 미 의회 (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · es Congreso (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · fi kongressi (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ru Конгре́сс (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · ja 議会 (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · de Kongreß (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · fa کنگره آمریکا (the two legislative bodies of the USA) · tl Kongreso (the two legislative bodies of the USA)

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