duma

noun

du·​ma ˈdü-mə 

-(ˌ)mä

: a representative council in Russia

especially, often capitalized : the principal legislative assembly in Russia from 1906 to 1917 and since 1993

Word History

Etymology

Russian, from Old Russian, council, thought, probably of Germanic origin; akin to Old English dōm judgment — more at doom

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above