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Finnish
Etymology
valtio (“state”) + päivät (“days”); calque of Swedish riksdag (riks (“state's”) + dag (“day”))
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɑltioˌpæi̯ʋæt/,
- Rhymes: -æiʋæt
- Syllabification(key): val‧ti‧o‧päi‧vät
Noun
valtiopäivät pl
- legislative session, parliamentary session (period of time in which the Finnish or other Parliament is convened for the purpose of lawmaking)
Eduskunta kokoontuu valtiopäiville vuosittain helmikuun ensimmäisenä päivänä kello 12, jollei eduskunta ole päättänyt muuta kokoontumisaikaa.- The Parliament convenes for its legisletive session annually on the first of February at noon, unless the Parliament has decided another meeting time.
- Diet, diet (national council or assembly of leaders)
- Porvoon valtiopäivät ― the Diet of Porvoo
- Wormsin valtiopäivät ― the Diet of Worms
- Riksdag (the parliament of Sweden)
- parliament, Parliament (parliament of some other countries, notably Denmark, Iceland and Norway)
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