Duchy of Normandy

duchy+Normandy. From Anglo-Norman Normandie, from Norman Normandie, from Old French Normandie, from normant+-ie. From Anglo-Norman duché, from Latin dux.

the Duchy of Normandy

1. A country, a duchy in Europe, now only composed of the Channel Islands in the English Channel; a crown possession of the Monarch of England, since the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy; bureaucratically, it is administered by the UK.
2. A historical duchy in France, located on the Normandy peninusla, and surrounding coast, that became the province of Normandy.