duchy

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English

Etymology

From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌtʃi
Homophones: dutchie, dutchy

Noun

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duchy

duchy (plural duchies)

A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

Usage notes

A grand duchy may be a self-governing state. A simple duchy tends to be a part of a larger kingdom or empire.

Synonyms

dukedom

Hyponyms

duchessdom

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess

Afrikaans: hertogdom
Arabic: دُوقِيَّة f (dūqiyya)
Aragonese: ducato m
Armenian: դքսություն (hy) (dkʻsutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: hersoqluq
Basque: dukerri
Bavarian: Herzogdum
Belarusian: ге́рцагства n (hjércahstva), кня́ства n (knjástva)
Breton: dugelezh f
Bulgarian: хе́рцогство n (hércogstvo), кня́жество n (knjážestvo)
Catalan: ducado (ca), ducat (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 公國／公国 (zh) (gōngguó)
Czech: vévodství (cs) n
Danish: hertugdømme n
Dutch: hertogdom (nl) n
Esperanto: duklando
Estonian: hertsogiriik
Faroese: hertogadømi n
Finnish: herttuakunta (fi)
French: duché (fr) m
Friulian: ducât m
Galician: ducado 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)
Kazakh: герцогтық (gersogtyq), герцогтік (gersogtık)
Khmer: ^{(please verify)} អ្នកឧកញ៉ាណាខេត្ត (neak oknyaa naa kʰaet), ^{(please verify)} ចៅពញាណាខេត្ត (chav pnyie naa kʰaet)
Korean: 공국(公國) (ko) (gongguk), 공작령(公爵領) (gongjangnyeong)
Latin: ducātus (la) m
Latvian: hercogiste f
Lithuanian: hercogystė f
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: hartogdom n, hertogdom n

German Low German: Hartogdom n, Hertogdom n
Macedonian: војводство n (vojvodstvo)
Marathi: डची f (ḍacī)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hertugdømme n

Nynorsk: hertugdøme n, hertugdømme n
Occitan: ducat m
Ottoman Turkish: دوقه‌لق (dukalık)
Persian: دوک‌نشین (duk-nešin)
Polish: księstwo (pl) n
Portuguese: ducado (pt)
Romanian: ducat (ro) n
Russian: ге́рцогство (ru) n (gércogstvo), кня́жество (ru) n (knjážestvo)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во̀јводство n

Roman: vòjvodstvo (sh) n
Sicilian: ducatu m
Slovak: vojvodstvo n
Slovene: vojvodina (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wójwodstwo n

Upper Sorbian: wójwodstwo n
Spanish: ducado (es) m
Swedish: hertigdöme (sv) n
Turkish: dukalık (tr), düklük (tr)
Ukrainian: ге́рцогство n (hércohstvo), кня́зівство n (knjázivstvo)
Uzbek: gersoglik (uz)
Venetan: dogado (vec) m
Vietnamese: công quốc (vi)
Welsh: dugiaeth
Yiddish: הערצאָגשאַפֿט (hertsogshaft)

See also

Anagrams

Chudy

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdu.xɘ/
Rhymes: -uxɘ
Syllabification: du‧chy

Noun

duchy m animal

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of duch

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