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.
- Olarn, Kocha; Regan, Helen (2019-02-08), “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition‎, Cable News Network, retrieved 2019-02-08
  In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.

Synonyms

upper chamber

Hypernyms

house (structurally)

Translations

part of a parliament

Arabic: مَجْلِس عُلْوِيّ‎ m (majlis ʿulwiyy)
Belarusian: ве́рхняя пала́та f (vjérxnjaja paláta)
Bulgarian: го́рна ка́мара f (górna kámara)
Burmese: အထက်လွှတ်တော် (my) (a.htakhlwattau)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 元老院 (zh) (yuánlǎoyuàn), 上院 (zh) (shàngyuàn)
Czech: horní sněmovna f
Danish: overhus n
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
Italian: camera alta f
Japanese: 上院 (じょういん, jōin)

Korean: 상원 (sang-won)
Maori: Whare o Runga
Navajo: adeií hooghan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overhus n
Polish: izba wyższa (pl) f
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
Thai: สภาสูง (sà-paa-sǔung)
Ukrainian: ве́рхня пала́та f (vérxnja paláta)
Vietnamese: thượng viện

See also

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