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On March 3, 1905 Tsar Nicholas II of Russia agreed to create an elected assembly, or Duma. The second Duma opened in St. Petersburg, Russia on March 5, 1907 and 40,000 demonstrators had to be dispersed by Russian troops.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Duma."
Date "DUMA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1904. (references) |
"DUMA" is a common misspelling or typo for: dame, dime, dogma, dome, dual, Dumas, dumb, dummy, dump, puma. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Council | Senate, senatus, parliament, chamber of deputies, directory, reichsrath, rigsdag, cortes, storthing, witenagemote, junta, divan, musnud, sanhedrim; classis; Amphictyonic council; duma, house of representatives; legislative assembly, legislative council; riksdag, volksraad, witan, caput, consistory, chapter, syndicate; court of appeal; (tribunal); board of control, board of works; vestry; county council, local board. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: DUMA |
| Non-English Usage: "DUMA" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (duma), Hungarian (blurb, crap, duma, gas, jaw, moonshine, mumbo-jumbo, pitch, rap, spiel, that's all hot air), Portuguese (of a). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Poslednata duma (1973) Duma o Kovpake: Nabat (1973) A Alma Duma Cidade (1963) História Duma Garrafinha (1962) | |
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | A view of Point Duma, today known as Point Dume, just to the east of Malibu. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory . By George Davidson, 1869. P. 15. Library Call Number VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | However, by the end of 1999, the investment climate had warmed up, due to both political (elections to the Federal Duma) and economic (stable development of those local companies that had survived after the crisis) reasons. (references) | |
Therefore, if the State Duma approves the latest (December 1998) draft of the remaining portion of Part Two and Special Part of the Tax Code, leasing in Russia may lose the advantage that currently make it a more efficient mechanism for acquiring fixed assets than bank loans. (references) | ||
Children | Russia | During the year, the Moscow city Duma created the position of a children's ombudsman for human rights. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Russia | Duma Speaker Gennadiy Seleznev, former President of Ingushetiya Ruslan Aushev, and human rights NGO's concerned with IDP's criticized the plan, charging that the Interior Ministry could not address adequately the needs of internal refugees, and that it was inappropriate to entrust law enforcement organs with humanitarian programs for internal refugees. (references) |
Economic History | Russia | The president can pass decrees without consent from the Duma. (references) |
Human Rights | Russia | In April 2000, Pavel Krasheninnikov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Legislation, was elected head of a newly created Independent Commission on Human Rights in the northern Caucasus. (references) |
Russia | At year's end, the Duma had passed an amnesty bill affecting approximately 14,000 women and 10,000 child prisoners; however, statistics on the actual number released were unavailable at year's end. (references) | |
Russia | In May the FSB stated that it was extending by another 6 months its investigation of the 1998 killing of Galina Starovoytova, a prominent Duma deputy; however, family members and some activists expressed skepticism at that the Government was investigating the killing fully. (references) | |
Minorities | Russia | During a public debate in May, Duma deputy Fedulov claimed that only one conviction had been obtained. (references) |
Tajikistan | An agreement ratified by the Russian Duma in December 1996 allows for dual Russian and Tajik citizenship. (references) | |
Russia | In May Duma Deputy Aleksandr Fedulov proposed a resolution calling on President Putin to speak publicly against anti-Semitism. (references) | |
Political Economy | Russia | Eight political groupings are represented in the Duma. (references) |
RUSSIA | In December 2001, the Duma will consider amendments to a proposed new draft Labor Code. (references) | |
RUSSIA | The Duma also passed a new land code that will legalize sales of non-agricultural land. (references) | |
Political Rights | Russia | Nonetheless the Duma remains an independent institution representing powerful interests and individuals. (references) |
Russia | The Duma was elected in December 1999. International observers judged those elections to be largely free and fair, and 69 percent of voters participated. (references) | |
Russia | An election for a Duma deputy from the Chechen Republic subsequently was held in August 2000; retired Interior Ministry General Aslambek Aslakhanov, a harsh critic of the conduct of federal forces in Chechnya, was elected. (references) | |
Trade | Russia | The text of the customs code has been prepared and it will be presented for approval to the Economic and Trade Ministry and the State Duma in a short time. (references) |
Women | Russia | More than four dozen versions of a national civil law to address domestic violence have failed to make any progress in the Duma. (references) |
Worker Rights | Russia | By year's end, no such legislation had been introduced, and no Duma member had indicated an intention to make this a priority. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "DUMA" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 82.76% of the time. "DUMA" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 82.76% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 17.24% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "DUMA" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Duma | Last name | 200 | 38,145 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "DUMA": World-duma. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
duma inteligente rede vantagens | 47 |
duma | 40 |
duma syria | 13 |
russian duma | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "DUMA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Farsi | مجلس شورای منتخب شهر(درروسیه), مجلس شورای روسیه تزاری , انجمن شهر. (various references) | |
German | duma. (various references) | |
Hungarian | duma (blurb, crap, gas, jaw, moonshine, mumbo-jumbo, pitch, rap, spiel, that's all hot air), orosz törvényhozó gyűlés. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | umaday.(various references) | |
Romanian | dumã. (various references) | |
Russian | дума (thought). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai masma kai idouma kai massh |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Masma quoque et Duma et Massa |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Mabsan, and Masma, and Duma, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Misma Duma Masa |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Mishma and Dumah and Massa, |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 25, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | Масма, "ума, Маса, |
| Cebuano | Ug si Misma, ug si Duma, ug si Massa, |
| Croatian | Mišma, Duma, Masa, |
| Danish | Misjma, Duma, Massa, |
| Dutch | En Misma, en Duma, en Massa, |
| Finnish | Misma, Duuma, Massa, |
| French | Mischma, Duma, Massa, |
| German | Misma, Duma, Massa, |
| Haitian Creole | Michma, Douma, Masa, |
| Hungarian | És Misma, Dúmah és Massza. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan Misma dan Duma dan Masa |
| Italian | Misma, Duma, Massa, |
| Korean | 미 스 마 와, 두 마 와, 맛 사 와, |
| Maori | Ko Mihima, ko Ruma, ko Maha, |
| Norwegian | og Misma og Duma og Massa, |
| Portuguese | Misma, Dumá, Massá, |
| Rumanian | Miwma, Duma, Masa; |
| Russian | нЙЫНБ, дХНБ, нБУУБ, |
| Spanish | Misma, Duma, Masá, |
| Swedish | Misma, Duma och Massa, |
| Ukrainian | І Мішма, і "ума, і Масса, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "DUMA": dumas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "DUMA" (pronounced duw"mu) |
| 3 | -uw" m u | Puma, Summa. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: maud. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-m-u" | |
-1 letter: amu, dam, mad, mud. | |
-2 letters: ad, am, ma, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-m-u" | |
+1 letter: almud, datum, douma, dumas, dumka, dunam, mauds, maund, mudra. | |
+2 letters: adytum, almude, almuds, amadou, amused, datums, doumas, dunams, gaumed, maduro, maraud, mauled, maunds, maundy, medusa, mudcap, mudcat, mudras, radium, remuda, unmade. | |
+3 letters: agendum, almudes, alodium, amadous, assumed, cadmium, decuman, dualism, duramen, durmast, dustman, eardrum, ladanum, maculed, maduros, manured, marauds, matured, maudlin, maunder, medulla, medusae, medusal, medusan, medusas, miaoued, miauled, modular, mudcaps, mudcats, mudflap, mudflat, mudlark, mudpack, mundane, mustard, mutated, osmunda, quondam, radiums, remudas, rumbaed, stadium, summand, tamandu, unaimed, unarmed, unmated, unnamed, untamed. | |
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