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Congress
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congress
English
United States +
+ (disambiguation)#Places
Etymology
From en congress.
Proper noun
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en US politics The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
en The bill was stewarded through Congress to the President.
en He pitched his budget proposal to Congress.
en Philippine politics The Congress of the Philippines legislature of the Philippines.
en more specifically The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
en India Indian politics en Indian National Congress
Proper noun
en CDP co/Yavapai County s/Arizona c/USA.
en village co/Wayne County s/Ohio c/USA.
en hamlet rurmun/Stonehenge No. 73, p/Saskatchewan c/Canada.
Synonyms
the two legislative bodies of the US en Capitol Hill
Indian National Congress en INC
Derived terms
en act of Congress Congress cap
Translations
the two legislative bodies of the USA
Arabic: ar كونغرس m al-kunḡris اَلْكُونْغْرِس
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 國會 guóhuì
Finnish: fi kongressi
French: fr Congrès m
Georgian: ka კონგრესი
German: de Kongress m, de Kongreß m obsolete spelling
Japanese: ja 議会 ぎかい, gikai, ja コングレス konguresu
Korean: ko ^미 의회(美議會)
Malay: ms Kongres
Navajo: nv Wááshindoondi beehazʼáanii ádeiłʼínígíí
Persian: fa کنگره آمریکا kongere-ye âmrikâ, fa کنگره kongere
Polish: pl Kongres m
Russian: ru Конгре́сс m, ru конгре́сс m
Spanish: es Congreso m
Swedish: sv kongressen c
Tagalog: tl Kongreso
clipping of Indian National Congress
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 國大黨 Guódàdǎng
Gujarati: gu કોંગ્રેસ f
Hindi: hi कांग्रेस f
Noun
en US A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
en Emil F. Faith Richard Gibbs Browne Our Civic Life and Progress Mentzer, Bush & Company 1946 248 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;
en Politics Government