admiralty
Syllables: ad·mi·ral·ty/ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/
admiralty noun: the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
Noun
admiralty (countable and uncountable, plural admiralties)
- The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
- The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
- The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
- The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.
Proper noun capitalized: Admiralty
Admiralty
- An area of Central and Western district, Hong Kong.
- On Wednesday, police dismantled barricades at the last main occupation site in the city's Admiralty district and arrested some 200 protesters who refused to leave the site.2014 December 11, Ishaan Tharoor, “What’s next for Hong Kong’s democracy movement”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2024, World
- But when the march reached the government headquarters in the Admiralty district, the line of people behind stretched nearly two miles, with large crowds still waiting to leave the park.2019 August 18, Austin Ramzy, “Hong Kong Protesters Defy Police Ban in Show of Strength After Tumult”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2019, Asia Pacific
- A planning area in Singapore.
admiralty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
admiralty in Hindi
- एडमिरल्टी
admiralty in Tamil
- கடற்படை ஆட்சிக் குழு, கடற்படைத் தலைமை, கடலாண்மைப் பிரிவு
admiralty in Urdu
- امارت البحریہ
admiralty in Bengali
- অ্যাডমিরাল্টি
More languagesFewer languages
- admiralty in Telugu
- అడ్మిరాలిటీ
- admiralty in Malayalam
- കപ്പൽപ്പടനായകസംഘം, കപ്പലോട്ടം സംബന്ധിച്ച ന്യായവിചാരണസ്ഥലം, നാവികസൈന്യമന്ത്രി കാര്യാലയം
- admiralty in Kannada
- ನೌಕಾ ಸೇನಾಧಿಪತ್ಯ, ನೌಕಾದಳ ಶಾಖೆ, ನೌಕಾದಳ ಕಚೇರಿ
- admiralty in Punjabi
- ਐਡਮਿਰਲਟੀ
- admiralty in Gujarati
- એડમિરલ્ટી
- admiralty in Nepali
- एडमिरल्टी, एडमिरालिटी
- admiralty in Indonesian
- kelaksamanaan
Forms of admiralty
| plural | admiralties |
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Origin of admiralty
From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.
From admiralty. From the historical naval bases established in the regions, namely HMS Tamar for Hong Kong and HMS Sembawang for Singapore.
Words formed from admiralty
Phrases with admiralty
Questions about admiralty
- What does admiralty mean?
- Admiralty means the office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- What is admiralty in Hindi?
- Admiralty in Hindi is एडमिरल्टी. See Admiralty meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is admiralty?
- Admiralty can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce admiralty?
- Admiralty is pronounced /ˈæd.mɪ.ɹəl.ti/.
- What is the plural of admiralty?
- The plural of admiralty is admiralties.
Words near admiralty in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: admiralty (page history and authors); Admiralty (page history and authors); admiralty (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); admiralty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admiralty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admiralty (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); admiralty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); admiralty (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admiralty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); admiralty (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); admiralty (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); admiralty (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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