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Etymology · Anglo-Norman

duché

2 English words descend from Anglo-Norman duché, most common first.

duchyA dominion or region ruled by a duke or duchess.
Duchy of NormandyA country, a duchy in Europe, now only composed of the Channel Islands in the English Channel; a crown possession of the Monarch of England, since the Conquest of England by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy; bureaucratically, it is administered by the UK.