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Webster 1913 Edition

Duchy

Duch′y

(dŭch′y̆)

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Duchies

(#)

.

[F.

duché

, OF.

duchée

, (assumed) LL.

ducitas

, fr. L.

dux

. See

.]

The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom.

Webster 1828 Edition

Duchy

DUCHY

,

Noun.

The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom; as the duchy of Lancaster.

Definition 2024

duchy

duchy

English

Noun

duchy ‎(plural duchies)

A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. (A grand duchy may be a self-governing state. A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.)

Translations

a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess

Afrikaans: hertogdom
Arabic:
Armenian: դքսություն (hy) ‎(dkʿsutʿyun)
Basque: dukerri
Belarusian: герцагства n ‎(hjércahstva), княства n ‎(knjástva)
Breton: dugelezh f
Bulgarian: херцогство n ‎(hércogstvo), княжество n ‎(knjážestvo)
Catalan: ducado (ca), ducat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公國 (zh), 公国 (zh) ‎(gōngguó)
Czech: vévodství (cs) n
Danish: hertugdømme n
Dutch: hertogdom n
Faroese: hertogadømi n
Finnish: herttuakunta
French: duché (fr) m
Friulian: ducât m
Georgian: საჰერცოგო ‎(sahercogo)
German: Herzogtum (de) n
Greek: δουκάτο (el) n ‎(doukáto)
Hungarian: hercegség (hu)
Icelandic: hertogadæmi n
Ido: dukio (io)
Indonesian: kadipaten (id)
Italian: ducato (it) m
Japanese: 公国 (ja) ‎(こうこく, kōkoku), 公爵領 ‎(こうしゃくりょう, kōshakuryō)

Kalmyk: нойлг ‎(noylg)
Khmer: អ្នកឧកញ៉ាណាខេត្ត ‎(neak oknyaa naa kʰaet), ចៅពញាណាខេត្ត ‎(chav pnyie naa kʰaet)
Latin: ducatum
Latvian: hercogiste f
Lithuanian: hercogystė f
Macedonian: војводство n ‎(vojvodstvo)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: hertugdømme n

Nynorsk: hertugdøme n, hertugdømme n
Occitan: ducat m
Polish: księstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: ducado (pt)
Romanian: ducat (ro) m
Russian: ге́рцогство (ru) n ‎(gércogstvo), кня́жество (ru) n ‎(knjážestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: војводство n

Roman: vojvodstvo (sh) n
Sicilian: ducatu m
Slovak: vojvodstvo n
Slovene: vojvodina (sl) f
Spanish: ducado (es) m
Swedish: hertigdöme (sv)
Ukrainian: герцогство n ‎(hércohstvo), князівство n ‎(knjázivstvo)
Venetian: dogado (vec) m
Welsh: dugiaeth

Related terms

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdu.xɨ/

Noun

duchy

nominative plural of duch
accusative plural of duch
vocative plural of duch