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Senate en · PROPN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. Any of several legislative bodies. (In countries which have multiple legislative bodies, the Senate is often the more senior.)
2. (historical) The council that governed the ancient Roman Republic.
3. (Canada) The Senate of Canada; the upper house of the Canadian parliament; "the Senate".
4. (US) The United States Senate.
5. (US) The upper legislative body of many of the states of the United States.
6. (Philippines) The upper house of the Philippine Congress.

Forms

Deriveds

Senate bean soup · Senatical

Relateds

Lower House · House of Commons · House of Representatives · House · Upper House · National Assembly

Translations (67)

ja 議会 (legislative body) · ar مَجْلِس أَعْلَى (legislative body) · fi senaatti (US state senate) · pt senado (legislative body) · ru сена́т (Roman senate) · yue 參議院 /参议院 (Canadian senate) · yue 上議院 /上议院 (Canadian senate) · el γερουσία (legislative body) · ja 議院 (legislative body) · nl senaat (legislative body) · fi liittovaltion senaatti (US Senate) · ko 미 상원 (US Senate) · ru сена́т (US Senate) · cmn 議院 /议院 (legislative body) · pl Senat (Roman senate) · he סנאט (US Senate) · ka საშტატო სენატი (US state senate) · tl senado (legislative body) · ru сена́т (legislative body) · ko 원로원 (Roman senate) · fi senaatti (Roman senate) · nl senaat (Roman senate) · fi senaatti (Canadian senate) · hy ծերակույտ (Roman senate) · nv adeií hooghan (US Senate) · grc σύγκλητος (Roman senate) · ka სენატი (US state senate) · cmn 參議院 /参议院 (Canadian senate) · fa سنا (US Senate) · fa مجلس سنا (US Senate) · cmn 元老院 (Roman senate) · ka სენატი (legislative body) · ar مَجْلِس اَلشُّيُوخ اَلرُّومَانِيّ (Roman senate) · cmn 議會 /议会 (legislative body) · fr Sénat (Canadian senate) · fi senaatti (US Senate) · fr Sénat (legislative body) · es Senado (Roman senate) · ru Сена́т (Roman senate) · ka აშშ-ის სენატი (US Senate) · el σύγκλητος (Roman senate) · pt senado (Roman senate) · ka ამერიკის სენატი (US Senate) · ar مَجْلِس (legislative body) · ko 상원 (legislative body) · it Senato (Roman senate) · ka შტატის სენატი (US state senate) · ja 参議院 (legislative body) · ru сена́т (US state senate) · he סנאט (legislative body) · ka სენატი (US Senate) · ru сена́т (Canadian senate) · ja 元老院 (Roman senate) · fi osavaltion senaatti (US state senate) · de Senat (legislative body) · ka ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების სენატი (US Senate) · de Senat (Roman senate) · fr Sénat (Roman senate) · cmn 參議院 /参议院 (legislative body) · ja 上院 (legislative body) · cmn 上議院 /上议院 (Canadian senate) · ja 元老院 (legislative body) · fr sénat (legislative body) · es senado (legislative body) · fi senaatti (legislative body) · is Öldungadeild Bandaríkjaþings (US Senate) · ka სენატი (Roman senate)