"crown dependency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crown dependencies [plural], Crown Dependency [alternative], Crown dependency [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} crown dependency (plural crown dependencies)
  1. Any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown. Translations (any of three island territories in the British Islands that are self-governing possessions of the British Crown): koroaren dependentzia (Basque), koronafüggőség (Hungarian)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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