Congress

See also: congress

English

Etymology

From congress.

Proper noun

Congress or the Congress

1. (US politics) The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
2. (Philippine politics) The legislature of the Philippines.
   1. (more specifically) The House of Representatives of the Philippines.
3. (India, Indian politics) Clipping of Indian National Congress

Proper noun

Congress

1. A census-designated place in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States.
2. A village in Wayne County, Ohio, United States.
3. A hamlet in the Rural Municipality of Stonehenge, No. 73, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Synonyms

• (the two legislative bodies of the US): Capitol Hill
• (Indian National Congress): INC

Derived terms

• act of Congress

Translations

the two legislative bodies of the USA

• Arabic: اَلْكُونْغْرِس m (al-kunḡris)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國會 / 国会 (zh) (guóhuì)

• Finnish: kongressi (fi)
• French: Congrès (fr) m
• Georgian: კონგრესი (ḳongresi)
• German: Kongress (de) m, Kongreß (de) m (obsolete spelling)
• Japanese: 議会 (ja) (ぎかい, gikai), コングレス (konguresu)
• Korean: 미 의회(美議會) (Mi uihoe)
• Malay: Kongres
• Navajo: Wááshindoondi beehazʼáanii ádeiłʼínígíí
• Persian: کنگره آمریکا (kongere-ye âmrikâ), کنگره (fa) (kongere)
• Polish: Kongres (pl) m
• Russian: Конгре́сс m (Kongréss), конгре́сс (ru) m (kongréss)
• Spanish: Congreso m
• Tagalog: Kongreso (tl)

Noun

Congress (plural Congresses)

1. (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; […]