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duchy

/ˈdʌt͡ʃi/

duchy noun: a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.

Noun

duchy (plural duchies)

  1. A dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
    Synonyms:
    dukedom

duchy meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Telugu

duchy in Hindi

डची

duchy in Marathi

dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess
डची ḍacī

duchy in Urdu

ڈوچی

duchy in Telugu

డచీ
More languagesFewer languages
duchy in Malayalam
ഡച്ചി
duchy in Kannada
ಡಚೀ
duchy in Punjabi
ਡਚੀ
duchy in Odia
ଡଚୀ
duchy in Nepali
डुची
duchy in Arabic
دُوقِيَّة dūqiyya
duchy in Indonesian
kadipaten
duchy in Persian
دوکنشین duk-nešin
duchy in Vietnamese
công quốc

Synonyms of duchy

Forms of duchy

pluralduchies

Plural of duchy: duchies

Origin of duchy

From Middle English duche, from Anglo-Norman duché, from Old French duc, or from Medieval Latin ducātus, from Latin dux. Doublet of ducat and dogate.

Words formed from duchy

Phrases with duchy

Words that rhyme with duchy

Questions about duchy

What does duchy mean?
Duchy means a dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
What is duchy in Hindi?
Duchy in Hindi is डची. See Duchy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is duchy?
Duchy is a noun.
How do you pronounce duchy?
Duchy is pronounced /ˈdʌt͡ʃi/.
What is the plural of duchy?
The plural of duchy is duchies.

Words near duchy in the dictionary

  1. Duchovnik
  2. Duchovniks
  3. Duchovny
  4. Duchscherer
  5. Duchscherers
  6. duchy
  7. Duchy of Athens
  8. Duchy of Moscow
  9. Duchy of Naples
  10. Duchy of Normandy
  11. Duchy of Rome

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Adapted from Wiktionary: duchy (page history and authors); duchy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); duchy (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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