HoR

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HoR is a common abbreviation for the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of a bicameral legislature in several countries, including the United States.

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HoR canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abbreviation
abbreviationStyle capital letters
appearsIn academic literature on legislatures
government documents
political news coverage
associatedWithBody Congress of the Philippines
United States Congress
surface form: Congress of the United States

Thai parliament
surface form: National Assembly of Thailand

National Diet
surface form: National Diet of Japan

Parliament of Australia
contrastedWith Senate
upper house
denotesChamberType lower house
domain government
legislative branch
politics
hasAlternativeForm H. R.
surface form: H.R.

HOR
language English
refersTo House of Representatives of the United States
United States House of Representatives
lower house of the United States Congress
shortens name of a legislative chamber
standsFor House of Representatives
typicalMeaningInUSPolitics United States House of Representatives
usedBy government officials
journalists
legislative staff
political scientists
usedInContext United States government
surface form: U.S. federal government

bicameral legislature
parliamentary systems
usedInCountry Australia
Japan
Philippines
Thailand
United States of America

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the House abbreviation HoR