grand duchy
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of grand duchy
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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
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
European Union rules let EU-based companies set up subsidiaries in the tiny grand duchy to take advantage of the low tax rate.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 30, 2012
On these sides many small states bordered with the principality, Gerolstein, an extinct grand duchy, among the number.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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