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House of Representatives
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English
Pronunciation
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-House of Representatives.wav Southern England
Proper noun
House of representative s 1
The lower house in the bicameral legislatures of several countries; also some singular legislative bodies in unicameral systems.
en Madison Hart Temecula City Council declares opposition to Prop. 50 w:The Press-Enterprise https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/10/02/temecula-city-council-declares-opposition-to-prop-50/ 2025-10-02 Maps for new House of Representatives districts would be created — splitting up red cities that support Republicans Ken Calvert of Corona and Darrell Issa of San Diego County, according to new maps drawn by Democrats. https://web.archive.org/web/20260429002150/https://www.pressenterprise.com/2025/10/02/temecula-city-council-declares-opposition-to-prop-50/ 29 April 2026
Translations
lower house of parliament
Arabic: ar مَجْلِس النُّوَّاب m, ar مَجْلِسْ أَدْنٰى m
Armenian: hy ներկայացուցիչների պալատ
Azerbaijani: az Nümayəndələr Palatası
Belarusian: be пала́та прадстаўніко́ў f
Bulgarian: bg долна камара f, bg камара на представителите f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 眾議院, cmn 下院, cmn 下議院
Danish: da Repræsentanternes hus n
Dutch: nl Huis van Afgevaardigden n, nl Tweede Kamer m Netherlands, nl Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers m f Belgium, nl Kamer m f Netherlands, Belgium, informal
Estonian: et esindajatekoda
Finnish: fi edustajainhuone
French: fr Chambre des représentants f
Georgian: ka წარმომადგენელთა პალატა
German: de Repräsentantenhaus n
Greek: el Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων
Hausa: ha Majalisar Wakilai
Hebrew: he בית הנבחרים m bet hanivkharím
Icelandic: is fulltrúadeild f
Indonesian: id Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat
Japanese: ja 衆議院 しゅうぎいん, shūgiin, ja 下院 かいん, kain
Korean: ko 하원(下院)
Lao: lo ສະພາຕ່ຳ
Macedonian: mk претставнички дом m
Malay: ms Dewan Perwakilan, ms Dewan Rakyat in Malaysia
Navajo: nv ayaaí hooghan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Representantenes hus n
Ojibwe: oj giigidoowininiwag
Polish: pl izba reprezentantów f
Portuguese: pt Câmara dos Representantes f
Romanian: ro Camera Reprezentanților f
Russian: ru пала́та представи́телей f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb dom reprezentantow
Upper Sorbian:
Spanish: es Cámara de Representantes f
Swedish: sv representanthus n
Tagalog: tl Kapulungan ng mga Kinatawan, tl Kamara de Representantes
Thai: th สภาผู้แทนราษฎร
Turkish: tr Temsilciler Meclisi
Ukrainian: uk пала́та представникі́в f
Vietnamese: vi hạ viện, vi hạ nghị viện
See also
en Senate
en Congress
en Parliament
en House of Delegates
en House of Commons
en Buildings Government Rooms Organizations