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The German word Landtag is composed of the words Land (English: state, country or territory), which is short for Bundesland (eng. federal state), and Tag, which is the shortening of the German word Tagung (English: meeting). The German word Tagung is derived from the German word Tag (eng. day) because such meetings were held at daylight and sometimes spanned over several days. The English word diet (German: Tag, Tagung) likewise comes from the Latin word dies (English: day).
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