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archduchy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The territory (principality) of an archduke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the domain controlled by an archduke or archduchess

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: domain, demesne, land

History

Etymology

From French archiduché, from Middle French, itself from archi- (“arch-”) < Latin archi- + duché (“duchy, dukedom”) < Latin dux (“leader, commander, duke”).

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَرْشِيدُوقِيَّة (ʔaršīdūqiyya) — territory of an archduke
  • Bulgarian: ерцхерцогство (erchercogstvo) — territory of an archduke
  • Catalan: arxiducat — territory of an archduke
  • Czech: arcivévodství — territory of an archduke
  • Danish: ærkehertugdømme — territory of an archduke
  • Dutch: aartshertogdom — territory of an archduke
  • Esperanto: ĉefduklando — territory of an archduke
  • Finnish: arkkiherttuakunta — territory of an archduke
  • French: archiduché — territory of an archduke
  • Galician: arquiducado — territory of an archduke
  • German: Erzherzogtum — territory of an archduke
  • Greek: αρχιδουκάτο (archidoukáto) — territory of an archduke
  • Hungarian: főhercegség — territory of an archduke
  • Italian: arciducato — territory of an archduke
  • Latvian: erchercogiste — territory of an archduke
  • Lithuanian: erchercogystė — territory of an archduke
  • Norwegian Bokmål: erkehertugdømme — territory of an archduke
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: erkehertugdøme — territory of an archduke
  • Persian: آرشیدوکنشین (âršiduk-nešin) — territory of an archduke
  • Polish: arcyksięstwo — territory of an archduke
  • Portuguese: arquiducado — territory of an archduke
  • Romanian: arhiducat — territory of an archduke
  • Russian: эрцге́рцогство (ercgércogstvo) — territory of an archduke
  • Serbo-Croatian: надвојводство — territory of an archduke
  • Serbo-Croatian: nadvojvodstvo — territory of an archduke
  • Spanish: archiducado — territory of an archduke
  • Swedish: ärkehertigdöme — territory of an archduke
  • Tagalog: artsidukado — territory of an archduke
  • Turkish: arşidüklük — territory of an archduke
  • Turkish: arşidukalık — territory of an archduke