"duchy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-duchy.wav [US] Forms: duchies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌtʃi Etymology: From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}, {{inh|en|enm|duche}} Middle English duche, {{der|en|xno|duché}} Anglo-Norman duché, {{der|en|fro|duc}} Old French duc, {{der|en|ML.|ducātus}} Medieval Latin ducātus, {{der|en|la|dux}} Latin dux, {{doublet|en|ducat}} Doublet of ducat Head templates: {{en-noun}} duchy (plural duchies)
  1. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess. Wikipedia link: duchy Synonyms: dukedom Hyponyms: duchessdom Derived forms: grand duchy, stem duchy Translations (dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess): hertogdom (Afrikaans), دُوقِيَّة (dūqiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), ducato [masculine] (Aragonese), դքսություն (dkʻsutʻyun) (Armenian), hersoqluq (Azerbaijani), dukerri (Basque), Herzogdum (Bavarian), ге́рцагства (hjércahstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), кня́ства (knjástva) [neuter] (Belarusian), dugelezh [feminine] (Breton), хе́рцогство (hércogstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), кня́жество (knjážestvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ducado (Catalan), ducat [masculine] (Catalan), 公國 (Chinese Mandarin), 公国 (gōngguó) (Chinese Mandarin), vévodství [neuter] (Czech), hertugdømme [neuter] (Danish), hertogdom [neuter] (Dutch), hartogdom [neuter] (Dutch Low Saxon), hertogdom [neuter] (Dutch Low Saxon), duklando (Esperanto), hertsogiriik (Estonian), hertogadømi [neuter] (Faroese), herttuakunta (Finnish), duché [masculine] (French), ducât [masculine] (Friulian), ducado [masculine] (Galician), საჰერცოგო (sahercogo) (Georgian), Herzogtum [neuter] (German), δουκάτο (doukáto) [neuter] (Greek), hercegség (Hungarian), hertogadæmi [neuter] (Icelandic), dukio (Ido), kadipaten (Indonesian), ducato [masculine] (Italian), 公国 (kōkoku) (alt: こうこく) (Japanese), 公爵領 (kōshakuryō) (alt: こうしゃくりょう) (Japanese), нойлг (noylg) (Kalmyk), герцогтық (gersogtyq) (Kazakh), герцогтік (gersogtık) (Kazakh), 공국 (gongguk) (alt: 公國) (Korean), 공작령 (gongjangnyeong) (alt: 公爵領) (Korean), ducātus [masculine] (Latin), hercogiste [feminine] (Latvian), hercogystė [feminine] (Lithuanian), Hartogdom [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), Hertogdom [German-Low-German, neuter] (Low German), wójwodstwo [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), војводство (vojvodstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), डची (ḍacī) [feminine] (Marathi), hertugdømme [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), hertugdøme [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), hertugdømme [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ducat [masculine] (Occitan), دوقهلق (dukalık) (Ottoman Turkish), دوکنشین (duk-nešin) (Persian), księstwo [neuter] (Polish), ducado (Portuguese), ducat [masculine] (Romanian), ге́рцогство (gércogstvo) [neuter] (Russian), кня́жество (knjážestvo) [neuter] (Russian), во̀јводство [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), vòjvodstvo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), ducatu [masculine] (Sicilian), vojvodstvo [neuter] (Slovak), vojvodina [feminine] (Slovene), ducado [masculine] (Spanish), hertigdöme [neuter] (Swedish), dukalık (Turkish), düklük (Turkish), ге́рцогство (hércohstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), кня́зівство (knjázivstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), wójwodstwo [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), gersoglik (Uzbek), dogado [masculine] (Venetian), công quốc (Vietnamese), dugiaeth (Welsh), הערצאָגשאַפֿט (hertsogshaft) (Yiddish)

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          "word": "barony"
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          "word": "bishopric"
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        {
          "word": "county"
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        {
          "word": "kingdom"
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        {
          "word": "march"
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        {
          "word": "margravate"
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        {
          "word": "marquesate"
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        {
          "word": "marquessate"
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        {
          "word": "marquisate"
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          "word": "nobility"
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          "word": "parish"
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          "word": "principality"
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        {
          "word": "regality"
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        {
          "word": "royalty"
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          "word": "shire"
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          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
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          "code": "ar",
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          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
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        },
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "dukerri"
        },
        {
          "code": "bar",
          "lang": "Bavarian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "Herzogdum"
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "hjércahstva",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "knjástva",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "hércogstvo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "ducado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "公國"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngguó",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "公国"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vévodství"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertogdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "duklando"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "hertsogiriik"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertogadømi"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "herttuakunta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duché"
        },
        {
          "code": "fur",
          "lang": "Friulian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducât"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sahercogo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "საჰერცოგო"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Herzogtum"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "doukáto",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "δουκάτο"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "hercegség"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertogadæmi"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "dukio"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "kadipaten"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducato"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こうこく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōkoku",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "公国"
        },
        {
          "alt": "こうしゃくりょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōshakuryō",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "公爵領"
        },
        {
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "noylg",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "нойлг"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "gersogtyq",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "герцогтық"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "gersogtık",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "герцогтік"
        },
        {
          "alt": "公國",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gongguk",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "공국"
        },
        {
          "alt": "公爵領",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gongjangnyeong",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "공작령"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducātus"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hercogiste"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hercogystė"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-nl",
          "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hartogdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-nl",
          "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertogdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hartogdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "nds-de",
          "lang": "Low German",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "German-Low-German",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Hertogdom"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vojvodstvo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "војводство"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "ḍacī",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "डची"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertugdømme"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertugdøme"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hertugdømme"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dukalık",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "دوقهلق"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "duk-nešin",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "دوکنشین"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "księstwo"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "ducado"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducat"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gércogstvo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ге́рцогство"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "knjážestvo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "кня́жество"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "во̀јводство"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vòjvodstvo"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducatu"
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          "code": "sk",
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            "neuter"
          ],
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          "code": "sl",
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          "code": "dsb",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "hsb",
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "word": "dukalık"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "düklük"
        },
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          "code": "uk",
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          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ге́рцогство"
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          "code": "uk",
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          "roman": "knjázivstvo",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "gersoglik"
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          "code": "vec",
          "lang": "Venetian",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
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        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "công quốc"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "dugiaeth"
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        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "hertsogshaft",
          "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
          "word": "הערצאָגשאַפֿט"
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      "word": "marquesate"
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    {
      "word": "nobility"
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      "word": "parish"
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      "word": "principality"
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    {
      "word": "regality"
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    {
      "word": "royalty"
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    {
      "word": "shire"
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    {
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        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Medieval Latin",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old French",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dewk-",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "hertogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "dūqiyya",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "دُوقِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "dkʻsutʻyun",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "դքսություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "hersoqluq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "dukerri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bar",
      "lang": "Bavarian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "Herzogdum"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hjércahstva",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ге́рцагства"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "knjástva",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кня́ства"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dugelezh"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hércogstvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "хе́рцогство"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "knjážestvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кня́жество"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "ducado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "公國"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngguó",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "公国"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vévodství"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertugdømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "duklando"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "hertsogiriik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertogadømi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "herttuakunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duché"
    },
    {
      "code": "fur",
      "lang": "Friulian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducât"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sahercogo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "საჰერცოგო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Herzogtum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "doukáto",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "δουκάτο"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "hercegség"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertogadæmi"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "dukio"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "kadipaten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうこく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkoku",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "公国"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうしゃくりょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōshakuryō",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "公爵領"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "noylg",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "нойлг"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gersogtyq",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "герцогтық"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gersogtık",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "герцогтік"
    },
    {
      "alt": "公國",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongguk",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "공국"
    },
    {
      "alt": "公爵領",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gongjangnyeong",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "공작령"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hercogiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hercogystė"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hartogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-nl",
      "lang": "Dutch Low Saxon",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hartogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "nds-de",
      "lang": "Low German",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "German-Low-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hertogdom"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vojvodstvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "војводство"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "ḍacī",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "डची"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertugdømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertugdøme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertugdømme"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dukalık",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "دوقهلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "duk-nešin",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "دوکنشین"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "księstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "ducado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gércogstvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ге́рцогство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "knjážestvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кня́жество"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "во̀јводство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vòjvodstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducatu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vojvodstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vojvodina"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wójwodstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wójwodstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hertigdöme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "dukalık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "düklük"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hércohstvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ге́рцогство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "knjázivstvo",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "кня́зівство"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "gersoglik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vec",
      "lang": "Venetian",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dogado"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "công quốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "dugiaeth"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hertsogshaft",
      "sense": "dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess",
      "word": "הערצאָגשאַפֿט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "duchy"
}

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