Congress
See also: congress
English
editProper noun
editthe Congress
- The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
- (Philippines) The legislature of the Philippines.
- (more specifically) The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
- (India) Clipping of Indian National Congress.
Congress
- A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
- A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
- A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Synonyms
edit- (the two legislative bodies of the US): Capitol Hill
- (Indian National Congress): INC
Translations
editthe two legislative bodies of the USA
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Noun
editCongress (plural Congresses)
- (US) A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.
- 1946, Emil F. Faith, Richard Gibbs Browne, Our Civic Life and Progress, Mentzer, Bush & Company, page 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; […]
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