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upper house

chamber of a bicameral legislature
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upper house

Summary

upper house has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • upper house is a type of legislative house[2].
  • upper house is part of bicameral legislature[3].
  • upper house's Commons category is recorded as Upper houses[4].
  • upper house is the opposite of lower house[5].
  • upper house's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Upper houses[6].
  • upper house's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • upper house's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • upper house's topic has template is recorded as Template:National upper houses[9].

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Definition and Type

upper house is a type of legislative house[2]. It is the opposite of lower house[5].

Use and Application

upper house is part of bicameral legislature[3].

Why It Matters

upper house has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic has template → Template:National upper houses
    Topic's main category → Category:Upper houses
    Part of → bicameral legislature
    Subclass of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0253601-horni-snemovna, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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