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[Facts] What does the name Duma mean?
I heard it means "cheetah", is that true? where does it originate, etc. thanks!~* In Memory of*~: Elizabeth & Abigail Ramierez."We all go a little mad sometimes" - Norman Bates in Psycho
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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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Yep, and in Russian it means something like "thought, thinking".*****
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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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