English to Hmong Meaning of duchy - duchy


Duchy :
duchy

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Definitions of duchy in English
Noun(1) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess
Examples of duchy in English
(1) We can't risk war between the duchy and the kingdom.(2) He was seen as bringing glory to the duchy and the Duke was active in getting important commissions for him, as well as using his paintings as political gifts.(3) This rival claim, coupled with Normandy's long land frontier, meant that the duchy remained the most vulnerable part of his empire.(4) Coburg and Gotha were the two towns in the former duchy of Saxen-Coburg and Gotha.(5) Although he distinguished himself in the fighting, the French were chased out of their Italian territories including the duchy of Milan which Louis XII had ruled since 1499.(6) Louis XII became king of France in 1498 and, being a descendant of the first duke of Milan, he claimed the duchy .(7) While Eleanor was to have Aquitaine in her own right, the son of that marriage would inherit both the kingdom and the duchy , doubling the royal holdings.(8) Although a significant portion of the duchy 's lands was in the county of Cornwall, the two are not geographically the same.(9) She's a duchess of a duchy north of here, called Mordalia.(10) The duchy 's pleasures have always been earned rather than dished out.(11) A beautiful, headstrong, and feisty young woman, she was the heiress to the duchy of Hilos, one of the richest provinces.(12) Bretons have their own language and customs, and until 1532 the province was an independent duchy .(13) Perhaps only in Urbino does one pick up the same sense, in Italy, of absolute power in a confined space: this is a duchy that made a virtue of containment, a secret garden in the demesne of Medieval and Renaissance Europe.(14) Lorraine, an independent duchy embedded in French territory and occupied and exploited by the French ever since 1670 in the hope of ultimate annexation, had to be given up.(15) Turin had been the capital of the duchy of Savoy, but became the capital of the kingdom of Sardinia in 1720, sixteen years before Lagrange's birth.(16) Charles of Orleans, the son of Valentina Visconti and the assassinated duke, laid claim to various territories in northwestern Italy, including the duchy of Milan.
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Word Example from TV Shows
...and discuss why Austria was an archduchy
and not just a regular duchy?

...and discuss why Austria was an archDUCHY and not just a regular DUCHY?

The Big Bang Theory Season 8, Episode 21

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