Talk:Q35749
Latest comment: 5 years ago by Ghouston in topic definition
Autodescription — parliament (Q35749)
description: legislative body of government
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- parliament (Q35749)
- legislature (Q11204)
- popular assembly (Q280783)
- political institution (Q18810687)
- parliament (Q35749)
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definition
editAccording to Wikipedia: a parliament is "a legislature whose power and function are similar to those dictated by the Westminster system of the United Kingdom. More generally, "parliament" may simply refer to a democratic government's legislature.". We would need more precise definitions if we want to be able to tell what is and what is not a parliament. Is the European Parliament a Parliament ? Is Wikipedia accurate when it states that The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus is "the bicameral parliament" of the country ? --Zolo (talk) 17:00, 5 April 2013 (UTC)
- I'm not sure it would be possible. The different between legislature (Q11204) and parliament (Q35749) appears to be based on English terminology, not different concepts. If a legislature has "parliament" in its name (or perhaps a similar sounding word in other languages), it's a parliament. Perhaps the two should be linked with permanent duplicated item (P2959), since there are probably languages where the distinction would be impossible to explain (besides "known as parliament in English"). Ghouston (talk) 19:36, 3 April 2019 (UTC)