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grand duchy

American  

noun

  1. a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.


grand duchy British  

noun

  1. the territory, state, or principality of a grand duke or grand duchess

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of grand duchy

First recorded in 1825–35

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A red alert level for "extreme thermal stress" has been extended in the grand duchy until Saturday night.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Finland — until 1917 a grand duchy in that empire — and Sweden abandoned longtime national policies of military nonalignment.

From Seattle Times Aug. 20, 2022

Even before its iron ore mines shut down, though, the grand duchy came to represent a discreet but powerful regulatory freedom.

From The Guardian Sep. 15, 2017

There is the squire’s fancy that is the Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Von Furstenberg/Barry Dillered ornament that is the , and of course the grand duchy that is the Central Park Conservancy.

From New York Times May 28, 2013

Diekirch is the administrative centre of one of the three provincial divisions of the grand duchy.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

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