Staten-Generaal

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle French estats généraulx. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌstaː.tə(n).ɣeː.nəˈraːl/ Hyphenation: Sta‧ten-Ge‧ne‧raal === Noun === Staten-Generaal pl (plural only, no diminutive) States General The bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands [from 1814] Leden der Staten-Generaal, ... ― Members of the States General, ... (historical) A standing executive-legislative council in the Dutch Republic, consisting of delegates of the sovereign Dutch provinces, that functioned as a de facto confederal government and/or collective head of state [1588] (historical) An ad hoc consultative assembly in prerevolutionary France uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons (historical) A similar assembly in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands [from 16th c.] ==== Derived terms ====