duchy

English

Etymology

Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈdʌtʃi/, (some accents) IPA: /ˈdjuːʃi/, (some North American accents) IPA: /ˈduːʃi/

  Rhymes: -ʌtʃi, Rhymes: -uːʃi

• Homophone: douchy

Noun

Wikipedia duchy (plural duchies)

1. 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 (af)
• Armenian: դքսություն (hy) (dkʿsutʿyun)
• Basque: dukerri (eu)
• Belarusian: герцагства (be) (hjércahstva) n, княства (be) (knjástva) n
• Breton: dugelezh f
• Bulgarian: херцогство (bg) (hércogstvo) n, княжество (bg) (knjážestvo) n
• Catalan: ducado (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公國 (cmn), 公国 (cmn) (gōngguó)

• Czech: vévodství (cs) n
• Danish: hertugdømme (da)
• Dutch: hertogdom (nl) n
• Faroese: hertogadømi (fo) n
• Finnish: herttuakunta (fi)
• French: duché (fr) m
• German: Herzogtum (de) n
• Greek: δουκάτο (el) (doukáto) n
• Icelandic: hertogadæmi (is) n
• Indonesian: kadipaten (id)
• Italian: ducato (it) m
• Japanese: 公国 (ja) (こうこく, kōkoku), 公爵領 (ja) (こうしゃくりょう, kōshakuryō)

• Khmer: អ្នកឧកញ៉ាណាខេត្ត (km) (neak oknyaa naa kʰaet), ចៅពញាណាខេត្ត (km) (chav pnyie naa kʰaet)
• Latin: ducatum (la)
• Latvian: hercogiste (lv) f
• Lithuanian: hercogystė (lt) f
• Macedonian: војводство (mk) (vojvodstvo) n
• Norwegian: hertugdømme (no)
• Polish: księstwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: ducado (pt)
• Russian: герцогство (ru) (gércogstvo) n, княжество (ru) (knjážestvo) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: војводство (sh) n

  Roman: vojvodstvo (sh) n

• Slovak: vojvodstvo (sk) n
• Slovene: vojvodina (sl) f
• Spanish: ducado (es) m
• Swedish: hertigdöme (sv)
• Ukrainian: герцогство (uk) (hércohstvo) n, князівство (uk) (knjázivstvo) n
• Welsh: dugiaeth (cy)

Related terms

• barony
• bishop
• county
• ducal
• duchess
• duke
• march
• marquess
• marquessate
• viscount

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈd̪uxɨ/

Noun

duchy

1. nominative plural of duch
2. accusative plural of duch
3. vocative plural of duch