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upper house (plural upper houses)
- (government) The upper legislative house in a bicameral legislature; usually smaller and having more restricted power than the lower house.
- Coordinate terms: lower house, sole house
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 286:
It was, however, thrown out when it reached the " Upper House," as the Legislative Council is designated.
2019 February 8, Helen Regan, Kocha Olarn, “This princess could be the next prime minister of Thailand”, in CNN International Edition[1], Cable News Network, retrieved 2019-02-08:
In March, Thais will vote for the 500-seat lower house of parliament. But the 250-member upper house, or Senate, will be chosen entirely by the military.
- house (structurally)
part of a legislature
- Arabic: مَجْلِس عُلْوِيّ m (majlis ʕulwiyy)
- Belarusian: ве́рхняя пала́та f (vjérxnjaja paláta)
- Bulgarian: го́рна ка́мара f (górna kámara)
- Burmese: အထက်လွှတ်တော် (my) (a.htakhlwattau)
- Chinese:
- Czech: horní sněmovna f
- Danish: overhus n
- Finnish: ylähuone (fi)
- French: chambre haute (fr) f
- Georgian: ზედა პალატა (zeda ṗalaṭa), ზემო პალატა (zemo ṗalaṭa)
- German: Oberhaus (de) n
- Greek: άνω βουλή f (áno voulí)
- Hungarian: felsőház (hu)
- Icelandic: efri deild f
- Italian: camera alta f
- Japanese: 上院 (ja) (じょういん, jōin)
- Korean: 상원(上院) (sang'won)
- Maori: Whare o Runga
- Navajo: adeií hooghan
- Norwegian:
- Polish: izba wyższa (pl) f
- Portuguese: câmara alta f
- Romanian: cameră superioară f
- Russian: ве́рхняя пала́та (ru) f (vérxnjaja paláta)
- Spanish: cámara alta f
- Swedish: överhus (sv) n
- Tagalog: mataas na kapulungan
- Thai: สภาสูง (sà-paa-sǔung)
- Ukrainian: ве́рхня пала́та f (vérxnja paláta)
- Vietnamese: thượng viện (vi)