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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

The grand duchy has no national space agency, no launching sites, and only modest research capabilities.

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

BREISGAU, a district of Germany, in the grand duchy of Baden.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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