Message: "What does the name Duma mean?"

[Facts] What does the name Duma mean?

by Sabrina Fair (rainbowstars)

8/6/2006, 8:19 PM

I heard it means "cheetah", is that true? where does it originate, etc. thanks!

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- poppylena +1

8/7/2006, 2:26 AM

I don't know about the meaning of a name but a 'duma' is a Russian equivalent of a parliament:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duma

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- kaleko

8/7/2006, 2:36 AM

Yep, and in Russian it means something like "thought, thinking".

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- KT (guest)

8/6/2006, 9:59 PM

Only time I've seen Duma is in reference to the angel Duma, and in that case it means "silence" in Aramaic.

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