Meanings
noungrand duchy (plural grand duchies)
plural grand duchies
- The territory owned, ruled, or reigned over by a grand duke or grand duchess; contrast grand dukedom.
Translations
Arabic غْرَانْدُوقِيَّة
- غْرَانْدُوقِيَّة (ḡrāndūqiyya)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Catalan gran ducat
- gran ducata dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Chinese Mandarin 大公國 /大公国
- 大公國 /大公国 (dàgōngguó)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Czech velkovévodství
- velkovévodstvía dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Danish storhertugdømme, storfyrstendømme
- storhertugdømmea dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- storfyrstendømmea dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Dutch groothertogdom
- groothertogdoma dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Finnish suuriruhtinaskunta, suurherttuakunta
- suuriruhtinaskuntaa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- suurherttuakuntaa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
French grand-duché
- grand-duchéa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
German Großherzogtum
- Großherzogtuma dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Hungarian nagyhercegség
- nagyhercegséga dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Indonesian keharyapatihan, kadipaten agung
- keharyapatihana dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- kadipaten agunga dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Italian granducato
- granducatoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Latvian lielhercogiste
- lielhercogistea dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Lithuanian didžioji hercogystė
- didžioji hercogystėa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Norwegian Bokmål storhertugdømme
- storhertugdømmea dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Persian گراندوکنشین
- گراندوکنشین (gerânduk-nešin)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Polish wielkie księstwo
- wielkie księstwoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Portuguese grão-ducado
- grão-ducadoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Russian вели́кое ге́рцогство, вели́кое кня́жество
- вели́кое ге́рцогство (velíkoje gércogstvo)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- вели́кое кня́жество (velíkoje knjážestvo)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Slovak veľkovojvodstvo
- veľkovojvodstvoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Spanish gran ducado
- gran ducadoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Swedish storhertigdöme
- storhertigdömea dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Tagalog dakilang dukado
- dakilang dukadoa dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Turkish grandüklük, grandukalık
- grandüklüka dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
- grandukalıka dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Ukrainian вели́ке князі́вство
- вели́ке князі́вство (velýke knjazívstvo)a dominion or region ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Cite this entry
APA
grand duchy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grand%20duchy
MLA
“grand duchy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grand%20duchy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grand duchy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grand%20duchy.
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