upper house

English

Noun

upper house (plural upper houses)

One of the two parts of a parliament in some countries, usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.

Synonyms

upper chamber

Hypernyms

house (structurally)

Translations

part of a parliament

Chinese:
Mandarin: 元老院 (zh) (yuánlǎoyuàn), 上院 (zh) (shàngyuàn)
Czech: horní sněmovna f
Finnish: ylähuone (fi)
French: chambre haute (fr) f
Georgian: ზედა პალატა (zeda ṗalaṭa), ზემო პალატა (zemo ṗalaṭa)
German: Oberhaus (de) n
Greek: άνω βουλή f (áno voulí)
Icelandic: efri deild f
Japanese: 上院 (じょういん, jōin)

Korean: 상원 (sang-won)
Maori: Whare o Runga
Navajo: adeií hooghan
Portuguese: câmara alta f
Romanian: camera superioară f
Russian: ве́рхняя пала́та (ru) f (vérxnjaja paláta)
Spanish: cámara alta f
Swedish: överhus n
Tagalog: mataas na kapulungan
Vietnamese: thượng viện

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