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Rule by two people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a form of government having two joint rulers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dyarchy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: political system, form of government
From di- + -archy. Modelled after monarchy.
Across languages
Translations
52 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
kaksinvalta
— rule by two people
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Georgian:
დიარქია
(diarkia)
— rule by two people
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Greek:
δυαρχία
(dyarchía)
— rule by two people
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Tamil:
இரட்டையாட்சி
(iraṭṭaiyāṭci)
— rule by two people
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Armenian:
դիարխիա
(diarxia)
— form of government
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Azerbaijani:
diarxiya
— form of government
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Bulgarian:
двувластие
(dvuvlastie)
— form of government
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Bulgarian:
диархия
(diarhija)
— form of government
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Catalan:
diarquia
— form of government
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Chinese Mandarin:
兩頭政治 /两头政治
(liǎngtóu zhèngzhì)
— form of government
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Czech:
diarchie
— form of government
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Danish:
diarki
— form of government
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Dutch:
diarchie
— form of government
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Estonian:
diarhia
— form of government
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Finnish:
diarkia
— form of government
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French:
dyarchie
— form of government
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French:
diarchie
— form of government
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Galician:
diarquía
— form of government
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Galician:
diarquia (reintergrationist)
— form of government
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Georgian:
დიარქია
(diarkia)
— form of government
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Georgian:
ორხელისუფლებიანობა
(orxelisuplebianoba)
— form of government
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German:
Diarchie
— form of government
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German:
Doppelherrschaft
— form of government
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German:
Biarchie
— form of government
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Greek:
δυαρχία
(dyarchía)
— form of government
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Ancient Greek:
δυαρχία
(duarkhía)
— form of government
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Hindi:
डायार्की
(ḍāyārkī)
— form of government
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Hungarian:
diarchia
— form of government
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Italian:
diarchia
— form of government
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Korean:
이두 정치
(idu jeongchi)
— form of government
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Latvian:
diarhija
— form of government
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Lithuanian:
diarchija
— form of government
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Malay:
diarki
— form of government
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Norwegian Bokmål:
diarki
— form of government
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Polish:
diarchia
— form of government
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Portuguese:
diarquia
— form of government
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Romanian:
diarhie
— form of government
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Russian:
двоевла́стие
(dvojevlástije)
— form of government
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Russian:
диа́рхия
(diárxija)
— form of government
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Serbo-Croatian:
двовлашће
— form of government
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Serbo-Croatian:
диархија
— form of government
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Serbo-Croatian:
dvovlašće
— form of government
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Serbo-Croatian:
diarhija
— form of government
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Slovak:
diarchia
— form of government
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Slovak:
dvojvládie
— form of government
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Slovene:
diarhija
— form of government
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Spanish:
diarquía
— form of government
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Swedish:
diarki
— form of government
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Tamil:
இரட்டையாட்சி
(iraṭṭaiyāṭci)
— form of government
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Turkish:
diarşi
— form of government
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Ukrainian:
діа́рхія
(diárxija)
— form of government
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Vietnamese:
lưỡng đầu chế
— form of government