VOLKSRAAD

Meaning of VOLKSRAAD in English

(n.) A legislative assembly or parliament of any one of several countries colonized by the Dutch, esp. that of the South African Republic, or the Transvaal, and that of the Orange Free State.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

VOLKSRAAD — ˈfōlksˌrät noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch volks (gen. of volk people, from Middle Dutch …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VOLKSRAAD — add. ·noun a legislative assembly or parliament of any one of several countries colonized by the dutch, ·esp. that of …
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VOLKSRAAD — English People's Council advisory body created by the Dutch in the East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1917 and opened in …
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RAAD — I. raad ˈräd noun ( plural ra·den -d ə n) Etymology: Dutch, literally, counsel, council; akin to Old English rǣd …
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WET, CHRISTIAAN RUDOLF DE — born Oct. 7, 1854, Smithfield District, Orange Free State [now in South Africa] died Feb. 3, 1922, Dewetsdorp district, S.Af. …
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TRANSVAAL — former province of South Africa. It occupied the northeastern part of the country. The Limpopo River marked its border with …
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TJOKROAMINOTO, OMAR SAID — born Aug. 16, 1882, Desa Bakur, Madiun, Java died Dec. 17, 1934, Jogjakarta highly influential Indonesian leader of the early …
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SUTARDJO PETITION — request presented in July 1936 in the Volksraad (People's Council) of the Dutch East Indies by a moderate Indonesian nationalist, …
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PRETORIUS, MARTHINUS WESSEL — born Sept. 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet, Cape Colony died May 19, 1901, Potchefstroom, South African Republic Boer statesman, soldier, eldest …
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ORANGE FREE STATE — Afrikaans Oranje Vry Staat, Boer state in southern Africa that became a province of the Republic of South Africa in …
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MANGUNKUSUMO, TJIPTO — born 1884 died March 8, 1942, Djakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies [now Indonesia] early 20th-century Indonesian nationalist leader whose resistance …
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JOUBERT, PETRUS JACOBUS — born Jan. 20, 1831, near Prince Albert, Cape Colony [now in South Africa] died March 27, 1900, Pretoria, South African …
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INDONESIA, FLAG OF — horizontally divided red-white national flag. Its width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3. Indonesia's flag was officially adopted on August 17, …
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DE LA REY, JACOBUS HERCULES — born 1847, near Winburg, Orange River Sovereignty died Sept. 15, 1914, Johannesburg De la Rey also spelled Delarey a talented …
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CRONJ, PIETER ARNOLDUS — born Oct. 4, 1836, Colesberg, Cape Colony [now in South Africa] died Feb. 4, 1911, Potchefstroom, Transvaal, S.Af. Boer general …
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BOTHA, LOUIS — born Sept. 27, 1862, near Greytown, Natal [South Africa] died Aug. 27, 1919, Pretoria, Transvaal soldier and statesman who was …
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