The legislatures are listed with their names in English and the name in the (most-used) native language of the country (or the official name in the second-most used native language in cases where English is the majority "native" language).
The names of the legislatures differ from country to country. The most used name seems to be National Assembly, but Parliament and Congress are often used too. The name Parliament is in some cases even used when in political science the legislature would be considered a congress. The upper house of the legislature is often named Senate. In some cases, countries use very traditional names. In Germanic countries variations Thing (e.g. Folketing) are used. A thing or ting was the governing assembly in Germanic societies, made up of the free men of the community and presided by lawspeakers. A variant is the use of the word Tag or Dag (e.g. Bundestag), used because things were held at daylight and often lasted all day. Other traditional names are the Estates General and variations of Sejm. In Islamic countries Majlis is often included in the name. This can be translated as "Council" or "Assembly".
[edit] Supranational legislatures
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Upper house |
 European Union |
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[edit] Legislatures of sovereign states
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Upper house |
 Afghanistan |
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 Albania |
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 Algeria |
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 Andorra |
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 Angola |
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 Antigua and Barbuda |
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 Argentina |
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 Armenia |
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 Australia |
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 Austria |
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 Azerbaijan |
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 Bahamas, The |
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 Bahrain |
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 Bangladesh |
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 Barbados |
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 Belarus |
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 Belgium |
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Senate (Senaat / Sénat / Senat)
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 Belize |
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 Benin |
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 Bhutan |
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 Bolivia |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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 Botswana |
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 Brazil |
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 Brunei |
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 Bulgaria |
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 Burkina Faso |
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 Burundi |
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 Cambodia |
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 Cameroon |
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 Canada |
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 Cape Verde |
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 Central African Republic |
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 Chad |
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 Chile |
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 Colombia |
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 Comoros |
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 Costa Rica |
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 Côte d'Ivoire |
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 Croatia |
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 Cuba |
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 Cyprus |
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 Czech Republic |
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 Denmark |
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 Djibouti |
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 Dominica |
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 Dominican Republic |
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 Timor-Leste |
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 Ecuador |
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 Egypt |
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 El Salvador |
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 Equatorial Guinea |
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 Eritrea |
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 Estonia |
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 Ethiopia |
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 Fiji |
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 Finland |
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 France |
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 Gabon |
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 Georgia |
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 Germany |
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 Ghana |
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 Greece |
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 Grenada |
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 Guatemala |
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 Guinea |
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 Guinea-Bissau |
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 Guyana |
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 Haiti |
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 Honduras |
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 Hungary |
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 Iceland |
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 India |
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 Indonesia |
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 Iran |
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 Iraq |
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 Ireland |
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 Israel |
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 Italy |
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 Jamaica |
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 Japan |
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 Jordan |
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 Kazakhstan |
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 Kenya |
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 Kiribati |
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 Korea, North |
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 Korea, South |
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 Kuwait |
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 Kyrgyzstan |
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 Laos |
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 Latvia |
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 Lebanon |
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 Lesotho |
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 Liberia |
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 Libya |
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 Liechtenstein |
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 Lithuania |
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 Luxembourg |
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 Macedonia, Republic of |
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 Madagascar |
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 Malawi |
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 Malaysia |
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 Maldives |
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 Mali |
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 Malta |
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 Marshall Islands |
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 Mauritania |
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 Mauritius |
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 Mexico |
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 Micronesia, Federated States of |
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 Moldova |
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 Monaco |
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 Mongolia |
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 Montenegro |
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 Morocco |
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 Mozambique |
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 Burma |
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 Namibia |
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 Nauru |
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 Nepal |
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 Netherlands |
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Senate (Eerste Kamer, First Chamber)
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 New Zealand |
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 Nicaragua |
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 Niger |
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 Nigeria |
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 Norway |
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 Oman |
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 Pakistan |
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 Palau |
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 Panama |
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 Papua New Guinea |
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 Paraguay |
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 Peru |
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 Philippines |
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 Poland |
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 Portugal |
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 Qatar |
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 Romania |
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 Russia |
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 Rwanda |
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 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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 Saint Lucia |
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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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 Samoa |
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 San Marino |
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 São Tomé and Príncipe |
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 Saudi Arabia |
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 Senegal |
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 Serbia |
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 Seychelles |
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 Sierra Leone |
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 Singapore |
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 Slovakia |
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 Slovenia |
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 Solomon Islands |
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 Somalia |
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 South Africa |
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 Spain |
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 Sri Lanka |
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 Sudan |
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 Suriname |
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 Swaziland |
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 Sweden |
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 Syria |
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 Switzerland |
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 Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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 Tajikistan |
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 Tanzania |
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 Thailand |
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 Togo |
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 Tonga |
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 Trinidad and Tobago |
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 Tunisia |
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 Turkey |
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 Turkmenistan |
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 Tuvalu |
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 Uganda |
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 Ukraine |
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 United Arab Emirates |
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 United Kingdom |
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 United States |
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 Uruguay |
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 Uzbekistan |
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 Vanuatu |
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 Vatican City |
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 Venezuela |
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 Vietnam |
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 Western Sahara (SADR) |
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 Yemen |
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 Zambia |
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 Zimbabwe |
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[edit] Legislatures of dependencies and other territories
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Overall name of legislature |
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Upper house |
 Åland Islands |
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 American Samoa |
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 Anguilla |
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 Aruba |
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 Bermuda |
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 British Virgin Islands |
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 Cayman Islands |
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 Cook Islands |
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 Falkland Islands |
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 Faroe Islands |
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 French Polynesia |
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 Gibraltar |
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 Greenland |
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 Guam |
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 Guernsey |
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 Hong Kong |
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 Isle of Man |
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 Jersey |
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 Kosovo |
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 Macau |
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| Mayotte |
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 Montserrat |
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 Netherlands Antilles |
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| New Caledonia |
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 Niue |
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 Norfolk Island |
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| Northern Ireland |
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 Northern Mariana Islands |
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 Pitcairn Islands |
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 Puerto Rico |
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 Republika Srpska |
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 Saint Helena |
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| Saint Martin |
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 Scotland |
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 Southern Sudan |
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 Tokelau |
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 Turks and Caicos Islands |
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 U.S. Virgin Islands |
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 Wales |
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[edit] Legislatures of unrecognized states
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| Unrecognized state |
Overall name of legislature |
| Lower house |
Upper house |
 Abkhazia |
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 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic |
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 Northern Cyprus |
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 Palestinian National Authority |
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 Somaliland |
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 South Ossetia |
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 Transnistria |
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