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Meaning of "Legco" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGCO

Legco  [ˈlɛɡkəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGCO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legco is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGCO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Legislative council

A legislative council is the name given to the legislatures, or one of the chambers of the legislature of many nations and colonies. A member of a legislative council is commonly referred to as an MLC.

Definition of Legco in the English dictionary

The definition of Legco in the dictionary is the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGCO


arco
ˈɑːkəʊ
banco
ˈbæŋkəʊ
chico
ˈtʃiːkəʊ
cisco
ˈsɪskəʊ
coco
ˈkəʊkəʊ
disco
ˈdɪskəʊ
echo
ˈɛkəʊ
eco
ˈiːkəʊ
Franco
ˈfræŋkəʊ
fresco
ˈfrɛskəʊ
loco
ˈləʊkəʊ
medico
ˈmɛdɪˌkəʊ
Mexico
ˈmɛksɪˌkəʊ
Monaco
ˈmɒnəˌkəʊ
morocco
məˈrɒkəʊ
Moscow
ˈmɒskəʊ
poco
ˈpəʊkəʊ
psycho
ˈsaɪkəʊ
tobacco
təˈbækəʊ
UNESCO
juːˈnɛskəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGCO

Legaspi
legatary
legate
legatee
legateship
legatine
legation
legationary
legatissimo
legato
legator
legatorial
legend
legendarily
legendary
legendist
legendize
Legendre

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGCO

and co
Art Deco
Blanco
casco
Cerro de Pasco
co
fico
flamenco
Greco
Jalisco
New Mexico
Orozco
paco
Pernambuco
Puerto Rico
San Francisco
seco
Tabasco
Turco
un poco

Synonyms and antonyms of Legco in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Legco» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGCO

Find out the translation of Legco to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Legco from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Legco» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

立法会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Consejo Legislativo
570 millions of speakers

English

Legco
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Legco
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المجلس التشريعى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Legco
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Assembleia Legislativa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Legco
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Legco
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Legco
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Legco
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Legco
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Legco
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legco
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Legco
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Legco
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेगको
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Legco
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Legco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Legco
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Legco
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Legco
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ΝΣ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Legco
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Legco
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Legco
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Legco

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGCO»

The term «Legco» is regularly used and occupies the 106.229 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGCO» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Legco

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGCO»

Discover the use of Legco in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Legco and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Social Studies 8 for Primary Shcools: Pupil's Book
It was not until 1944 that the first African was nominated to the LegCo. This was Eliud Mathu. For the first time in the history of the LegCo, African interests were now to be represented by an African member. Before this, Africa interests were ...
Simiyu Wandibba, Joseph Thuranira, 2005
2
Functional Constituencies: A Unique Feature of the Hong Kong ...
In the same year, the NPCSC resolved to dissolve the local three-tier political system,56 including the 1995 LegCo, on 30 June 1997. ,7 In other words, there was to be no 'through train' for the LegCo members returned in the 1995 LegCo ...
Christine Loh, 2006
3
Hong Kong's Transition to Chinese Rule: The Limits of Autonomy
Christine Loh and to pro-Beijing members who faced double the workload due to their membership in the Preparatory Committee.l43 Although LegCo still saw its function mainly to 'enact legislation, to examine and approve the budget and to ...
Ralf Horlemann, 2003
4
Political Order and Power Transition in Hong Kong
CE and the resultant gap between the established and the non-established interests in the decision-making process, it would be better to appoint some popularly elected Legco members to the Exco. The expected effects are to strengthen the ...
Pang-kwong Li, 1997
5
Political Development in Hong Kong: State, Political ...
Institutional changes The rise of electoral and party politics brought an end to the consensual politics era, and severed the institutional control of the government on Legco. As a sizeable opposition in Legco after 1991, the democrats pushed ...
Ngok Ma, 2007
6
Contemporary Hong Kong Government and Politics: Expanded ...
In brief, the LegCo is more assertive when more democrats are elected, and vice versa. For example, when the former CE, Tung Chee-hwa (Iuly 1997—March 2005) learnt that in the 2004 LegCo elections, the prodemocracy camp won only 25 ...
Wai-man Lam, Percy Luen-tim Lui, Wilson Wong, 2012
7
Law and Legal Institutions of Asia: Traditions, Adaptations ...
The debate on the second reading resumes at a subsequent LegCo meeting. All members may present their views on the general merits and principles of the Bill and may indicate their support or otherwise during the debate. A vote isthen ...
E. Ann Black, Gary F. Bell, 2011
8
The New Legal Order in Hong Kong
Upon taking up office in 1992, he reconstituted the Executive Council of the colonial government and effectively separated it from LegCo.94 In times past, the colonial government appointed senior unofficial LegCo members to the Executive ...
Raymond Wacks, 1999
9
Hong Kong in Focus: Political and Economic Issues
The new electoral reforms were roundly criticized by the Hong Kong Democrats as a move calculated to severely restrict the number of Legco seats they would receive. Nevertheless, a "proportional representation" system is considered a ...
S. G. Rioni, 2002
10
China in Transition: Economic, Political, and Social ...
Yet since the election, the LDF's fortunes have been at a low ebb, with founder Maria Tam ejected from both the Legco and Exco. In January 1992, Tarn also stepped down as vice-chair of the LDF.40 The flagship of the leftist mass front, the ...
George T. Yu, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGCO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Legco is used in the context of the following news items.
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CE expresses regret over?continued?filibustering?at LegCo
However, pan-democratic members of the LegCo still turned a blind eye to ... to explain in detail every proposal to members at Legco sessions. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
2
LegCo Round Up July 13 to 17
The bill was passed in LegCo, and will introduce technical amendments concerning the lists of persons comprising certain functional ... «Harbour Times, Jul 15»
3
Souring relations point to rocky political year ahead, says Legco
Legco president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing says he is pessimistic about relations with the administration in the remaining year of the legislature's ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
4
​Equal Opportunities Commission responds to complaint over …
The Equal Opportunities Commission has responded to a formal complaint issued by the Refugee Union about a racist joke Hong Kong LegCo ... «Coconuts Hong Kong, Jul 15»
5
A Legco farewell party befitting 'Mr Nice Guy'
Tong also said he had started working on his memoir, but would not launch it until after the Legco election next year. "I do not want [the book] to ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
6
Internet freedom activists given community service for smashing …
Four protesters who used metal barriers to smash a glass door at LegCo during the height of last year's Occupy Central protests have been ... «Coconuts Hong Kong, Jul 15»
7
Legco must put its house in order
The scripted theatrics no longer attracts prominent media coverage, but it adds to the impression that Legco is more an arena for pointless ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
8
CY Leung's dream of Hong Kong tech bureau stays alive as Legco
Legco Finance Committee chairman Tommy Cheung Yu-yan approved the additional sessions next week to allow more time to discuss all 11 ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
9
Legco head feels the pressure
Legislative Council president Jasper Tsang Yok-sing almost lost his cool yesterday and made a snide remark to a group of pro-establishment ... «Hong Kong Standard, Jul 15»
10
Crack down on illegal buildings, Legco committee urges Hong Kong …
The Legislative Council's public accounts oversight body yesterday attacked the government over its inefficiency in removing illegal structures, ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

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