Staten-Generaal

Meaning

1. (no-diminutive, plural, plural-only) States General, the bicameral parliament of the Netherlands
2. (historical, no-diminutive, plural, plural-only) States General, the legislative assembly consisting of representatives from the provincial assemblies of the Dutch Republic, or earlier, of the Low Countries
3. (historical, no-diminutive, plural, plural-only) a similar arrangement in France during the Ancien Regime

Concepts

States General

Riksdag of the Estates

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌstaː.tə(n).ɣeː.nəˈraːl/

Etymology

From Middle French [Term?].