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Pronunciation / Transliteration: referendo
"O resultado do referendo foi surpreendente."
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A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision.
"The government held a referendum on the new constitution."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Latin referendum, gerundive of referre ('to bring back').
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Referendum" is said worldwide
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référendum
Transliteration: referendum
"Les citoyens ont voté lors du référendum."
Volksentscheid
Transliteration: Volksentscheid
"Das Volk stimmte beim Volksentscheid ab."
referendum
Transliteration: referendum
"Il referendum si terrà domenica prossima."
referéndum
Transliteration: referendum
"El gobierno convocó un referéndum nacional."
referendo
Transliteration: referendo
"O resultado do referendo foi surpreendente."
जनमत संग्रह
Transliteration: janmat sangrah
"देश में एक महत्वपूर्ण जनमत संग्रह हुआ।"
全民公决
Transliteration: quánmín gōngjué
"该国就独立问题举行了全民公决。"
국민투표
Transliteration: gukmin tupyo
"정부는 헌법 개정을 위해 국민투표를 실시했다."
国民投票
Transliteration: kokumin tōhyō
"その政策について国民投票が行われた。"
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