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conselleria

regional ministry

noun kohn-seh-yeh-REE-ah Rare
People & Society Government

Origin: From Catalan/Valencian conselleria.

Usage Note

Conselleria (also spelled consejería in Castilian) refers to a department within a Spanish autonomous-community government, equivalent to a national ministry at the regional level: Conselleria d'Educació. The Catalan/Valencian spelling appears in official names of those regions; the Castilian form consejería is used elsewhere in Spain. Outside Spain, the word is rarely encountered.

Examples

"La conselleria aprobó el nuevo plan."

Natural Translation

The regional ministry approved the new plan.

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