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
Noun
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.
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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)
- Cornish: duketh f
- 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)
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdu.xɘ/
- Rhymes: -uxɘ
- Syllabification: du‧chy
Noun
duchy m animal
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of duch