Riksdag

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Swedish riksdag.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɪksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹɪksdaɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdɑːɡ/, /ˈɹiːksdaɡ/

Proper noun[edit]

Riksdag

  1. The Swedish parliament.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 288:
      The bloodless royalist coup d'état performed against his Riksdag by enlightened ruler Gustavus III of Sweden in August 1772 gave credence to the idea of a European wave of reaction against the excesses of representative government.

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