Knesset
pronunciation
How to pronounce Knesset in British English:
UK [ˈkneset]
How to pronounce Knesset in American English:
US [ˈknɛsˌɛt]
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- Noun:
- the Israeli unicameral parliament
Word Origin
- Knesset
- Israeli parliament, 1949, from Mishnaic Hebrew keneseth "gathering, assembly," from stem of Hebrew kanas "he gathered, assembled, collected."
Example
- 1. He leads a small centrist faction in the israeli knesset .
- 2. Under the proposed bills , knesset members will have a veto too .
- 3. A total of 120 seats in the knesset .
- 4. Congregation knesset israel in pittsfield , massachusetts .
- 5. But the coalition he heads , endorsed by some 74 members of the knesset , is unwieldy-and could easily fall apart .