riksdag

Swedish

noun
Definitions
  • a session of parliament
  • a parliament, in particular the institutions or the buildings of the Swedish or Finnish parliaments, the old German Reichstag or the present German parliament building

Etymology

Compound from Swedish rike (realm, kingdom, empire, land, nation, reich, country) + Swedish dag (day)derived from German Reichstag (imperial parliament).

Origin

German (Berlin)

Reichstag

Gloss

imperial parliament

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