unicameral
pronunciation
How to pronounce unicameral in British English:
UK [ˌju:nɪˈkæmərəl]
How to pronounce unicameral in American English:
US [ˌjunɪˈkæmərəl]
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- Adjective:
- composed of one legislative body
Word Origin
- unicameral (adj.)
- 1853, from uni- "one" + Late Latin camera "chamber" (see camera) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. The unicameral timorese parliament is the national parliament or parlamento nacional , whose members are elected by popular vote to a five-year term .
- 2. The unicameral moldovan parliament , or parlament , has 101 seats , and its members are elected by popular vote every 4 years .
- 3. The mongolian people 's revolutionary party said it had won 38 seats from rural constituencies , enough to secure a clear majority in the 76-member unicameral parliament , the state great hural .
- 4. On june 27 he ordered the refractory nobility and clergy to join the unicameral legislature , which then designated itself the national constituent assembly .
- 5. Singapore is a republic with a westminster system of a unicameral parliamentary government , with the executive powers resting in the hands of cabinet of ministers led by a prime minister .