Rada
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For other uses, see Rada (disambiguation).
Rada is the term for "council" or "assembly" borrowed by Polish from the Low Franconian "Rad" (council) and later passed into the Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages.
Normally it is translated as "council". Sometimes it corresponds to "parliament", or in Soviet Union contexts, to "soviet".
[edit] Examples
- Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine
- Rada Glowna Opiekuncza, Poland
- Rada Jednosci Narodowej, Poland
- Rada Polityki Pieniężnej, Poland
- Rada Trzech, Poland
- Sich Rada
- Tsentralna Rada, an earlier parliament of Ukraine
- Ionuţ Rada, a Romanian football player
- BNR Rada, government of the Belarusian National Republic (now in exile)
