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Definition of duchy in English: duchynounPlural duchies ˈdʌtʃiˈdətʃi 1The territory of a duke or duchess; a dukedom. 公爵领地 Example sentencesExamples - She's a duchess of a duchy north of here, called Mordalia.
- Bretons have their own language and customs, and until 1532 the province was an independent duchy.
- We can't risk war between the duchy and the kingdom.
- 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.
- This rival claim, coupled with Normandy's long land frontier, meant that the duchy remained the most vulnerable part of his empire.
- Prior to this, the peninsula consisted of often mutually antagonistic kingdoms, duchies, city-states, and principalities.
- 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.
- 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.
- The Carolingian empire was divided into many smaller kingdoms and duchies.
- A beautiful, headstrong, and feisty young woman, she was the heiress to the duchy of Hilos, one of the richest provinces.
- 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.
- 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.
- In the wake of the Napoleonic wars Italy was divided into a patchwork of kingdoms and duchies.
- Although a significant portion of the duchy's lands was in the county of Cornwall, the two are not geographically the same.
- Louis XII became king of France in 1498 and, being a descendant of the first duke of Milan, he claimed the duchy.
- The duchy's pleasures have always been earned rather than dished out.
- 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.
- Coburg and Gotha were the two towns in the former duchy of Saxen-Coburg and Gotha.
- 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.
- The third lion was added by King Henry II to represent the duchy his wife, Eleanor, came from and is called Aquitaine.
Synonyms realm, domain, dominion, country, land, nation, state, sovereign state, province, territory - 1.1the Duchy The royal dukedom of Cornwall or Lancaster.
英国王室直辖领地（指康沃尔郡或兰开斯特郡）
OriginMiddle English: from Old French duche, from medieval Latin ducatus, from Latin dux, duc- (see duke). Definition of duchy in US English: duchynounˈdəCHēˈdətʃi The territory of a duke or duchess; a dukedom. 公爵领地 Example sentencesExamples - Coburg and Gotha were the two towns in the former duchy of Saxen-Coburg and Gotha.
- Prior to this, the peninsula consisted of often mutually antagonistic kingdoms, duchies, city-states, and principalities.
- Bretons have their own language and customs, and until 1532 the province was an independent duchy.
- Louis XII became king of France in 1498 and, being a descendant of the first duke of Milan, he claimed the duchy.
- She's a duchess of a duchy north of here, called Mordalia.
- 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.
- The Carolingian empire was divided into many smaller kingdoms and duchies.
- 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.
- A beautiful, headstrong, and feisty young woman, she was the heiress to the duchy of Hilos, one of the richest provinces.
- We can't risk war between the duchy and the kingdom.
- Although a significant portion of the duchy's lands was in the county of Cornwall, the two are not geographically the same.
- 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.
- 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.
- This rival claim, coupled with Normandy's long land frontier, meant that the duchy remained the most vulnerable part of his empire.
- 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.
- The third lion was added by King Henry II to represent the duchy his wife, Eleanor, came from and is called Aquitaine.
- 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.
- In the wake of the Napoleonic wars Italy was divided into a patchwork of kingdoms and duchies.
- The duchy's pleasures have always been earned rather than dished out.
- 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.
Synonyms realm, domain, dominion, country, land, nation, state, sovereign state, province, territory
OriginMiddle English: from Old French duche, from medieval Latin ducatus, from Latin dux, duc- (see duke). |