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GRAND DUCHY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does grand duchy mean?
• GRAND DUCHY (noun)
The noun GRAND DUCHY has 1 sense:
1. the domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Familiarity information: GRAND DUCHY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The domain controlled by a grand duke or grand duchess
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("grand duchy" is a kind of...):
demesne; domain; land (territory over which rule or control is exercised)
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