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Landtag
 
SYLLABICATION:Land·tag
PRONUNCIATION:  länttäk
NOUN:1. The legislative assembly of some German states. 2. A diet or assembly in some German states in the 19th century.
ETYMOLOGY:German : Land, country (from Middle High German lant; see landsman2) + Tag, day, diet, assembly (from Middle High German, from Old High German, influenced by Medieval Latin dita, diet; see agh- in Appendix I).
 
 
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